the process of a liquid, gas or other substance being taken in （液体、气体等的）吸收 - absorption (of somebody/something) (into something)
the process of a smaller group, country, etc. becoming part of a larger group or country 并入；同化 the absorption of immigrants into the host country 移民融入移民国
- absorption (in something)
the fact of somebody being very interested in something so that it takes all their attention 专心致志；全神贯注；着迷
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘the swallowing up of something’): from Latin absorptio(n-), from absorbere ‘swallow up’, from ab- ‘from’ + sorbere ‘suck in’.