名詞 take in:

1. the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
   同義詞：take-in

動詞 take in:

1. provide with shelter
2. fool or hoax
   同義詞：gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, put one over, put one across
3. suck or take up or in
   同義詞：absorb
4. visit for entertainment
5. call for and obtain payment of
   同義詞：collect
6. see or watch
   同義詞：watch, view, see, catch
7. express willingness to have in one's home or environs
   同義詞：receive, invite
8. fold up
   同義詞：gather in
9. take up mentally
   同義詞：absorb, assimilate, ingest
10. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
    同義詞：gain, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
11. hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
    同義詞：catch, overhear
12. accept
    同義詞：take up
13. take in, also metaphorically
    同義詞：absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take up
14. take up as if with a sponge
    同義詞：sop up, suck in, take up
15. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    同義詞：consume, ingest, take, have
16. take into one's family
    同義詞：adopt
17. make (clothes) smaller

1. I generally try to take in a show when I'm in New York on business.
   我到紐約公干時常順便看場演出。
2. Fish take in oxygen through their gills.
   魚通過鰓攝取氧氣。
3. If the skirt is too big, we can take in the waist.
   要是裙子太大了，我們可以把腰部收緊一些。
4. There's no short cut to take in this problem.
   在這個問題上沒有捷徑可走。
5. I was taken in by the salesman-the car turned out to be uneconomical and unreliable.
   推銷員欺騙了我——那輛汽車結果既不經(jīng)濟又不牢靠。
6. The United Kingdom takes in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
   聯(lián)合王國包括英格蘭、 威爾士、 蘇格蘭、 北愛爾蘭。