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

tookv.拿；取；执行；需要；接受；理解；修(课程)；花费；吃（喝）（动词take的过去式）took our ofv.挑选took her ofv.挑选took out ofv.领出(拿出；抽出)took a lookv.看一看(检查)took his ofv.挑选took a jokev.经得起开玩笑took aboardv.把 ... 带上船took breathv.歇口气(歇会儿)took to bedv.卧床took a lifev.条死(谋杀；使致死)

1. The teacher took up the lesson where she left off yesterday.
   老师继续昨天的课往下讲。
2. At the age of sixty he took up the study of Russian.
   六十岁时，他开始学俄语。
3. The troops took up offensive positions.
   部队已准备发起攻击。
4. He married an English woman and took up his residence in London.
   他与一名英国女子结婚并且定居在伦敦。
5. The boatman took up the pole and shoved the boat off.
   船夫拿起了篙子，把船撑离了岸。
6. The colonists took up weapons to rebel against the British ruler.
   殖民地的人们拿起武器反抗英国统治者。
7. They took up arms in defence of their country.
   他们拿起武器保卫祖国。
8. The judge took up the gavel with solemnity.
   法官严肃地拿起了小木槌。