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Absorb Sponge 精神集中的 Absorption French Absorbed 发射 əb'sɔ:B

单词 absorb
音标 [əb'sɔ:b]
解释 v.吸收;同化;吸引…的注意
红宝书 【英】 吸收,吸进(take in);减轻…作用(reduce the effect of )
【考】 absorb : sponge / seal : caulk(海绵的功能是吸收/ 填塞物的功能是密封)反义词:emit(发射, 喷出), radiate(发射,辐射) , reflect(反射),exud e(渗出)
【记】 ab(离去)+sorb(吸收) →吸收掉
【同】 派生词: absorbed(adj. 精神集中的); absorption (n. 吸收,全神贯注)
【例】 His work suffered because of his total absorption in sport .
字源 absorb (v.)
early 15c., from Middle French absorber (Old French assorbir, 13c.), from Latin absorbere "to swallow up," from ab- "from" (see ab-) + sorbere "suck in," from PIE root *srebh- "to suck, absorb" (cognates: Armenian arbi "I drank," Greek rhopheo "to sup greedily up, gulp down," Lithuanian srebiu "to drink greedily"). Figurative meaning "to completely grip (one's) attention" is from 1763. Related: Absorbed; absorbing.
不择手段背单词 v. (通过气孔或空隙)吸收; 引人注意, 使着迷(占据...的注意力、兴趣或时间)
【例】be absorbed by 为...所吸收 be absorbed in 全神贯注在...absorb sb 'apos;s attention 吸引某人注意
【根】ab去掉, sorb吸吮-吸收
【参】absorbed(adj 精神集中的); absorbent(adj 能吸收的; n 吸收剂)
【类】absorb: sponge = seal: caulk吸收是海绵的功能 = 密封是填塞物的功能
【反】emit(v 发射, 喷出); radiate(v 发射, 辐射); reflect(v 反射); exude(v 渗出)
趣味全助记 【记】ab + sorb 吸收;a + 音:布扫把,一个布做的扫把,就是布拖把,拖布,是吸水的

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