absorption

absorption
[əbˈzɔːpʃ(ə)n -ˈsɔːp-]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another
    (被)吸收;(被)合并
    East Germany's absorption into West Germany.
    东德并入西德。
    shock absorption.
    减震。
  2. the fact or state of being engrossed in something
    被吸引;全神贯注
    her absorption in the problems of the Third World.
    她对第三世界问题的专注。
派生
absorptive
adjective
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'the swallowing up of something'): from Latin absorptio(n-), from absorbere 'swallow up' (see absorb)
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