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

1. Let's sit down a minute to catch our breath.
   让我们坐一会儿，歇口气。
2. After we had climbed to the top of the hill, we stopped to gather breath.
   我们爬到山顶后便停下来歇口气。