吸收
xī shōu
Pinyin

Definition

吸收
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xī shōu
  1. to absorb
  2. to assimilate
  3. to ingest
  4. to recruit

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

呼吸
hū xī
  1. 1 to breathe
收
shōu
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to collect
  4. 4 to put away
  5. 5 to restrain
  6. 6 to stop
  7. 7 in care of (used on address line after name)
收到
shōu dào
  1. 1 to receive
收拾
shōu shi
  1. 1 to put in order
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to pack
  4. 4 to repair
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
收获
shōu huò

Idioms (16)

兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
  1. 1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
  2. 2 eclectic
  3. 3 all-embracing
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
  1. 1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 both virtue and reward
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
  1. 1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing

Sample Sentences

大部分的太阳光来到水星以后都被表面的岩石所吸收，只有百分之八被反射出去。
dàbùfen de tàiyángguāng láidào Shuǐxīng yǐhòu dōu bèi biǎomiàn de yánshí suǒ xīshōu ，zhǐ yǒu bǎifēnzhī bā bèi fǎnshè chūqù 。
Most of the sunlight are absorbed by rocks on the surface, and only 8% of them reflected.
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好啊！好啊！吃减肥药，减得快！我们赶紧查查。出来了！啊？减肥药也分这么多种啊，有抑制食欲的，有抑制脂肪吸收的，还有加速排泄的。那我们吃哪种好？
hǎoā ！hǎoā ！chī jiǎnféi yào ，jiǎn de kuài ！wǒmen gǎnjǐn chá cha 。chūlái le ！ǎ ？jiǎnféi yào yě fēn zhème duō zhǒng a ，yǒu yìzhì shíyù de ，yǒu yìzhì zhīfáng xīshōu de ，hái yǒu jiāsù páixiè de 。nà wǒmen chī nǎ zhǒng hǎo ？
Great! If you take weight-loss drugs, you lose weight quickly. Let's hurry up and check it out. It's come up. Huh? There are so many kinds of weight-loss drugs. There are some that suppress your appetite, some that suppress your ability to absorb fat, and some that speed up your excretion. Well, which kind should we take?
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这个抑制食欲的不适合我们，没胃口太不舒服了；那个抑制脂肪吸收的，听起来还不错；加速排泄的也行。
zhè ge yìzhì shíyù de bù shìhé wǒmen ，méi wèi kǒu tài bù shūfu le ；nàge yìzhì zhīfáng xīshōu de ，tīng qǐlai hái bùcuò ；jiāsù páixiè de yě xíng 。
The kind that suppresses your appetite isn't right for us. Having no appetite is really uncomfortable. The one that suppresses your fat absorption sounds really good. The one that speeds up your excretion would be OK, too.
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曾晶介绍，味觉和咀嚼功能减退、胃肠蠕动减慢、消化液分泌减少，这些都会影响老年人的食欲和消化吸收能力；空巢状态、独居老人可能会饮食上更为简单随意。这些都会导致老年人饮食营养摄入不均衡，最终影响健康。
zēngjīng jièshào ，wèijué hé jǔjué gōngnéng jiǎntuì 、wèi cháng rúdòng jiǎnmàn 、xiāohuàyè fēnmì jiǎnshǎo ，zhèxiē dōu huì yǐngxiǎng lǎoniánrén de shíyù hé xiāohuà xīshōu nénglì ；kōngcháo zhuàngtài 、dújū lǎorén kěnéng huì yǐnshí shàng gèngwéi jiǎndān suíyì 。zhèxiē dōu huì dǎozhì lǎoniánrén yǐnshí yíngyǎng shèrù bù jūnhéng ，zuìzhōng yǐngxiǎng jiànkāng 。
Zeng Jing explains reduction of taste and chewing function, gastrointestinal motility slowed down, and decreased digestive juice secretion, which all affected the appetite and digestion and absorption capacity of the elderly; empty nest state, elderly people living alone may be more simple and casual. These will lead to an imbalance in the nutritional intake of the elderly and ultimately affect their health.
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算了吧，中国僵尸不是吸血鬼。我们只要吸收一点儿人的气息就满足了。噢哟！
suàn le ba ，Zhōngguó jiāngshī bù shì xīxuèguǐ 。wǒmen zhǐyào xīshōu yīdiǎnr rén de qìxī jiù mǎnzú le 。ōyo ！
Forget it! Chinese zombies aren't vampires. We just want to suck out a little of people's vital essence, that's all. Oh!
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