亚洲网紅露点

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take-in

[ teyk-in ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a deception, fraud, or imposition.


take in

verb

  1. to comprehend or understand
  2. to include or comprise

    his thesis takes in that point

  3. to receive into one's house in exchange for payment

    take in lodgers

    to take in washing

  4. to make (an article of clothing, etc) smaller by altering seams
  5. to include

    the tour takes in the islands as well as the mainland

  6. informal.
    to cheat or deceive
  7. to go to; visit

    let's take in a movie tonight

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. informal.
    the act or an instance of cheating or deceiving
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of take-in1

First recorded in 1770鈥80; noun use of verb phrase take in
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Sunday is also a day I get to enjoy take-in from my favorite restaurants.

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Almost always, she said, there is a predictable sequence in which people take-in an eclipse: it begins with a sense of wrongness and primal fear, followed by a feeling of connectedness and insignificance.

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Another quizzical take-in is Black Dog Salvage, truly a hoarder鈥檚 heaven and a wonderland of Appalachian imagination in the form of items salvaged from Southwest Virginia鈥檚 architectural past.

If the people of Standing Rock did not take-in their beloved family and friends, there would be mass homelessness.

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Bordeaux鈥檚 Mus茅e des Beaux Arts is also a great take-in for a mere four Euros to enter.

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