1. She took up the receiver and began to dial the number. 她拿起听筒开始拨电话号码。
2. Maybe you should take up swimming. 也许你需要游泳锻炼。
3. The bus stopped to take up the students. 公共汽车停下来，让这些学生上车。
英英解释
n.
1. a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion
2. the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in v.
1. pursue or resume
2. adopt
3. turn one's interest to
4. take up time or space
5. begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
6. take up and practice as one's own
7. occupy or take on
8. take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
9. take out or up with or as if with a scoop
10. accept
11. take in, also metaphorically
12. take up as if with a sponge
13. return to a previous location or condition
