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  • 1

    v.absorb; suck up; assimilate; imbibe; draw

    • tā nǔ lì xī shōu xīn zhī shi

      努力吸收知识

      She tried to assimilate new knowledge.

    • yǒu xiē shí wù hěn róng yì bèi xī shōu

      有些食物容易吸收

      Some food assimilates easily.

    • xiàng mù xū yào xī shōu wài zī

      项目需要吸收外资

      The project needs to absorb foreign capital.

  • 2

    v.moderate or offset certain phenomena or the impact of something, such as a spring absorbing shock and sound-insulating paper taking in sound

    • yǒu shén me wù tǐ kě yǐ xī shōu guāng xiàn

      什么物体可以吸收光线

      What objects can absorb light?

    • zhè zhǒng qiáng bì néng xī shōu zào yīn

      墙壁吸收噪音

      The walls absorb the noise.

    • xuě róng huà xī shōu dà liàng rè liàng

      融化吸收大量热量

      Melting snow absorbs a lot of heat.

  • 3

    v.recruit; enroll; admit

    • hàn yǔ zhōng xī shōu le hěn duō wài lái yǔ

      汉语吸收外来语

      Chinese has taken on a large amount of loanwords.

    • zhè ge xīn zhèng dǎng duō bàn yóu láo gōng jiē céng xī shōu xīn dǎng yuán

      这个政党多半劳工阶层吸收党员

      The new party was largely recruited from the labor classes.

    • jù lè bù xū yào xī shōu xīn huì yuán

      俱乐部需要吸收会员

      The club needs to recruit new members.

  • 4

    v.metabolize constructively; transform (food) into living tissue by the process of anabolism, such as the intestinal mucous membrane assimilating nutrition, and the root of a plant drawing water and inorganic salt; absorb or assimilate (food or nutriment and incorporate it into the tissues)

    • jié cháng shì xī shōu yíng yǎng de yī gè zhòng yào qì guān

      结肠吸收营养重要器官

      The colon is an important organ for the absorption of nutrients.

    • shù cóng tǔ rǎng zhōng xī shōu dà liàng shuǐ fèn hé yíng yǎng

      土壤吸收大量水分营养

      Trees absorb large amounts of water and nutrients from the soil.

    • gān shā xī shōu shuǐ fèn

      吸收水分

      Dry sand absorbs water.

  • 5

    v.sorption; uptake; intake

    • xī shōu zuò yòng

      吸收作用

      sorption