take是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to understand completely the meaning or importance of something -- 领会，理解

  • I had to read the letter twice before I could take it all in. 我读了两遍，才把整封信看懂。

  • It was an interesting exhibition, but there was too much to take in at once. 那是个很有意思的展览，但内容太多，让人目不暇接。

• 1 to include something -- 包括，包含

  • The new town takes in three former villages. 新镇包括了以前的3个村庄。

• 2 to go to watch a film or performance, or to visit a place such as a museum -- 去观看；去参观

  • I thought we could get something to eat and then take in a movie. 我原来想我们可以先吃点东西，然后去看电影。

• 3 to make a piece of clothing narrower, by changing the position of some of the stitches joining it together -- 改小（衣服）

  • I'll have to take this dress in at the waist - it's too big. 我得把这条裙子的腰身改小点——它太大了。

• 4 to do paid work for other people, such as washing or sewing, in your home -- 在家（替别人洗衣、做缝纫等）挣钱

  • She supported her family by taking in laundry. 她靠在家替别人洗衣服养家。