Absorb

(verb.) cause to become one with; 'The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax'.

(verb.) consume all of one's attention or time; 'Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely'.

(verb.) take up mentally; 'he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe'.

(verb.) take in, also metaphorically; 'The sponge absorbs water well'; 'She drew strength from the minister's words'.

(verb.) become imbued; 'The liquids, light, and gases absorb'.

(verb.) take up, as of debts or payments; 'absorb the costs for something'.

(verb.) suck or take up or in; 'A black star absorbs all matter'.

(verb.) assimilate or take in; 'The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society'.

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• Robert, being the youngest, and having less of the past to absorb him than his comrade, recommenced first. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Stained-glass windows owe their charm and beauty to the presence in the glass of various dyes and pigments which absorb in different amounts some colors from white light and transmit others. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Quite other feelings absorb his reflections and govern his faculties. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Coal and tar and soot are good illustrations of objects which absorb all the light which falls upon them. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The method of purifying by lime was introduced by Mr. Clegg; and by a later process, oxide of iron is used to absorb the sulphuretted hydrogen. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• To make that material available, it is necessary to coat it with some substance that will absorb the sensitive solution. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Is your profession really so engaging and interesting as to absorb your whole attention? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• As to that little man himself, his whole attention had become absorbed in getting near the door and looking out at it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• They seem to have been overrun and the population absorbed by the conquerors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Then, as the creature's legs appear and its tail is absorbed, it begins to use its lungs, and its gills dwindle and vanish. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• From that time until July, 1878, his time and attention day and night were almost completely absorbed by the excitement caused by the invention and exhibition of the machine. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• We left her, on a low chair, at one side of the instrument, so absorbed over her reading that she did not seem to notice when we moved. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Presently his wife looked up from her sewing, and noticed how much absorbed he was. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I hoped he would feel this, but, for the moment, he seemed too much absorbed to be sensible of the change. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Having first seen him perfectly swallowed up in admiration of Mrs. Jellyby, I had supposed her to be the absorbing object of his devotion. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Its hoary traditions make it an object of absorbing interest to even the most careless stranger, and thus far it had interest for me; but no further. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It is this same shock-absorbing device which is used to catch the recoil on the immense siege guns used in modern warfare. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Her fear had been too deep, too absorbing, too entire, to be changed to security. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Mr. Helstone neither had, nor professed to have, Mr. Yorke's absorbing passion for her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But Bell had been giving so much time and attention to this absorbing project that his teaching had suffered. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The State is all-sufficing for the wants of man, and, like the idea of the Church in later ages, absorbs all other desires and affections. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• A more scientific statement, however, is that the cold vapor absorbs the heat units of the water, and taking them away with it, lowers the temperature of the water to the freezing point. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The sea is a vast reservoir of potash, and seaweed, especially the giant kelp, absorbs large quantities of this potash. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• So rare is the atmosphere of Mars that it absorbs very little heat from the sun. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• An individual becomes rational only as he absorbs into himself the content of rationality in nature and in social institutions. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The decaying vegetable matter which covers the forest floor acts more or less as a sponge, and quickly absorbs falling rain and melting snow. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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