took up

• 拿起, 占去, 着手处理, 接纳, 吸收(动词词组take up的过去式)

英英释义

名词 take-up:

1. any of various devices for reducing slack (as in a sewing machine) or taking up motion (as in a loom)

2. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in