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 up·take /ˈʌpˌtek/
 舉起,拿起,理解,上風口,吸收

 up·take /ˈəpˌtek/ 名詞
 攝取,吸收

 Up·take n. Steam Boilers
 1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
 2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.]
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 Up·take v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.]

 uptake
      n 1: the process of taking food into the body through the mouth
           (as by eating) [syn: consumption, ingestion, intake]
      2: a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they
         developed paper napkins with greater uptake of liquids"