absorb
/əbˈsɔːb/verb
with obj.
1
- take in or soak up (energy or a liquid or other substance) by chemical or physical action, especially in a gradual way吸收：
buildings can be designed to absorb and retain heat
建筑物可被设计来吸收和保留热量
steroids are absorbed into the bloodstream.
类固醇被吸收入血液。
1.1
- take in and assimilate (information, ideas, or experience)接受, 吸收（信息, 思想, 经验）：
she absorbed the information in silence.
她默默地接受了这一消息。
1.2
- take control of (a smaller or less powerful entity), making it a part of oneself by assimilation吞并; 将…合并：
the family firm was absorbed into a larger group.
此家族公司为一个更大的集团所吞并。
1.3
- use or take up (time or resources)占用（时间, 资源）：
arms spending absorbs roughly two per cent of the national income.
军备开支约占了国民收入的2%.
1.4
- take up and reduce the effect or intensity of (sound or an impact)吸收, 消减（声音, 冲击）：
deep-pile carpets absorbed all sound of the outside world.
长毛绒地毯吸收了外界的一切声音。
2
- engross the attention of (someone)吸引（某人）的注意力, 使全神贯注：
the work absorbed him and continued to make him happy.
工作吸引了他的注意力并一如既往地让他乐在其中。
派生词
absorber
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin absorbere, from ab- 'from' + sorbere 'suck in'.