uptake

• n. 攝取；領會；舉起

比喻用法。

uptake (n.)

"capacity for understanding, perceptive power," 1816, from up (adv.) + take (v.). Compare Middle English verb uptake "to pick or take up" (c. 1300). Meaning "pipe leading up from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney" is from 1839.

1. Carol was absent-minded and a little slow on the uptake.

卡蘿爾心不在焉，反應有點遲鈍。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She is not an intellectual, but is quick on the uptake.

她並不是個才智非凡的人，但理解力很強。

來自柯林斯例句

3. There has been a high uptake of the free training.

免費培訓有很多人參加。

來自《權威詞典》

4. The drug increases the number of red cells in the blood, enhancing oxygen uptake by 10 percent.

這種藥增加了血液裏的紅細胞數量，從而將攝氧量提高了10%。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The doctor advised me to reduce the salt uptake.

醫生建議我減少鹽的攝入.

來自辭典例句