uptake
n.
"capacity for understanding, perceptive power," 1816, from up, adv. + take, v.. Compare Middle English verb uptake "to pick or take up" (c.1300). Meaning "pipe leading up from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney" is from 1839.
词汇 | uptake |
词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary uptake n. "capacity for understanding, perceptive power," 1816, from up, adv. + take, v.. Compare Middle English verb uptake "to pick or take up" (c.1300). Meaning "pipe leading up from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney" is from 1839. |
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