① 飞机起飞 A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up or down.
② 脱下衣裳等;取下 He took off his wet shoes.
Who took the knob off the door?
③ 休假;请假;歇工 When his wife was sick he took off from work.
④ 指观念、产品 大受欢迎;事业突然发达,成功The new type of cell phones has really taken off.
His business began to take off when he was in his forties.
① 拿下来;取下来 He reached up to the third shelf of the bookcase and took down a dictionary.
② 记下来 He read out the names and his secretary took them down.
① 接受 房客,客人等;收留 The farmers took in the lost travelers for the night.
② 理解;领会;明白 The boys could not take in his meaning.
③包括;涉及 The study of physics takes in many different subjects.
④使上当;欺骗We were completely taken in by her story.
① 接受;从事某工作 After his father died, Bill took on the management of the factory.
② 雇用Is the supermarket taking on any more assis- tant?
③ 具有新面貌、意思等 The city has taken on a new look.
① 从事某项活动;发展某种爱好 So many young men want to take up writing.
② 开始做某项工作;开始学习某个课程 Then she took up the task of getting the breakfast.
He dropped medicine and took up physics.
③ 占去 时间或空间 The meeting took up the whole morning.
The table takes up too much room.
I'd like to take up your offer of a ride into town.