take in

phrasal verb

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take somebody in

to allow somebody to stay in your home留宿；收留
- to take in lodgers收房客
- He was homeless, so we took him in.他无家可归，我们便收留了他。
(of the police警方) to take somebody to a police station in order to ask them questions带某人去警察局问他们问题
- Police have taken a man in for questioning following the attacks.袭击发生后，警方拘留了一名男子进行审问。
[often passive] to make somebody believe something that is not true欺骗；蒙骗 synonym deceive
- She took me in completely with her story.她用谎话把我完全蒙蔽了。
- Don't be taken in by his charm—he's ruthless.不要被他那迷人的风度所蒙蔽，其实他冷酷无情。

take something in

to absorb something into the body, for example by breathing or swallowing吸入，吞入（体内）
- Fish take in oxygen through their gills.鱼用鳃吸取氧气。
related noun intake
to make a piece of clothing narrower or tighter改小，改瘦（衣服）
- This dress needs to be taken in at the waist.这件连衣裙的腰身需要改瘦。
opposite let out
[no passive] to include or cover something包括；包含
- The tour takes in six European capitals.这次旅游包括六个欧洲国家的首都。
- Her lecture took in all the recent developments in the subject.她的讲座将该学科的新发展全部包罗在内。
[no passive] to go to see or visit something such as a film去看，观看（电影等）
- I generally take in a show when I'm in New York.我每次去纽约通常总会看一场演出。
to take notice of something with your eyes注意到；看到
- He took in every detail of her appearance.他仔仔细细打量了她一番。
- She took in the scene at a glance.她看了一眼就完全明白了这个场景。
to understand or remember something that you hear or read理解；领会；记住
- Halfway through the chapter I realized I hadn't taken anything in.这一章我读到一半才意识到我根本没有看懂。