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absorption

noun
🔊/əbˈzɔːpʃn/
🔊/əbˈzɔːrpʃn/
[uncountable]
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  1. the process of a liquid, gas or other substance being taken in（液体、气体等的）吸收
    • Vitamin D is necessary to aid the absorption of calcium from food.从食物中吸取钙需靠维生素 D 的帮助。🔊🔊
  2. 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
  3. 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
    • His work suffered because of his total absorption in sport.他痴迷于体育运动而影响了工作。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
    4. 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’.