absorb
US: /əbˈzɔɹb/
UK: /ɐbsˈɔːb/
UK: /ɐbsˈɔːb/
English Vietnamese dictionary
absorb /əb'sɔ:b/
- ngoại động từ
- hút, hút thu (nước)
- dry sand absorb water: cát khô hút nước
- hấp thu
- youths always absorb new ideas: thanh niên luôn luôn hấp thu những tư tưởng mới
- miệt mài, mê mải, chăm chú; lôi cuốn, thu hút sự chú ý
- to be absorbed in thought: mãi suy nghĩ
- to be absorbed in the study of Marxism-Leninism: miệt mài nghiên cứu chủ nghĩa Mác-Lênin
- hút, hút thu (nước)
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
liquid / gas
1 to take in a liquid, gas or other substance from the surface or space around: Plants absorb oxygen. + The cream is easily absorbed into the skin. + Let the rice cook until it has absorbed all the water.
make part of sth larger
2 [often passive] to make sth smaller become part of sth larger: The surrounding small towns have been absorbed into the city. + The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.
information
3 to take sth into the mind and learn or understand it: It's a lot of information to absorb all at once. + It took me several days to absorb the fact of her death. + They spent a week in Paris just absorbing the atmosphere.
interest sb
4 to interest sb very much so that they pay no attention to anything else: This work had absorbed him for several years.
heat / light / energy
5 to take in and keep heat, light, energy, etc. instead of reflecting it: Black walls absorb a lot of heat during the day.
shock / impact
6 to reduce the effect of a blow, hit, etc: This tennis racket absorbs shock on impact. + The bats have graphite shafts that absorb the vibration.
See also -
money / time / changes
7 to use up a large supply of sth, especially money or time: The new proposals would absorb $80 billion of the federal budget.
8 to deal with changes, effects, costs, etc: The company is unable to absorb such huge losses.
Collocation dictionary
1 liquid/gas/energy, etc.
ADV.
quickly, rapidly | directly, easily, readily
PREP.
into
Nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream.
2 make part of sth larger
ADV.
gradually | increasingly
PHRASES
be absorbed into sth
These committees were gradually absorbed into the local government machine.
3 information/atmosphere
ADV.
easily, readily
The information is presented so that it can be readily absorbed.
| passively
4 interest
ADV.
completely, totally, utterly
His work absorbed him completely.
| deeply
Concise English dictionary
absorbs|absorbed|absorbingəb'sɔːb
verb
+become imbued
+take up mentally
+take up, as of debts or payments
+take in, also metaphorically
+cause to become one with
+suck or take up or in
+engross (oneself) fully
+assimilate or take in
+engage or engross wholly
