absorb
v.
early 15c., from Middle French absorber (Old French assorbir, 13c.), from Latin absorbere "to swallow up," from ab- "from" (see ab-) + sorbere "suck in," from PIE root *srebh- "to suck, absorb" (cognates: Armenian arbi "I drank," Greek rhopheo "to sup greedily up, gulp down," Lithuanian srebiu "to drink greedily"). Figurative meaning "to completely grip (one's) attention" is from 1763. Related: Absorbed; absorbing.
〔李〕[ab-=away 离；sorb=to suck in 吸入 ⇒“to suck in sth. away from 从…吸入某物”→] v. take in 吸收
〔李〕[ab-;sorbv.] v.吸收； 吸引； 并入 ←sorb,sorpt (L sorbere,sorptum)=to suck in 吸收