uptake
意味
- 《the uptake》《話》理解,了解
- (鉱山などで空気や煙の)吸い上げパイプ
例文
He's a good kid - very quick on the uptake and he does whatever needs to be done.
彼はいいね。打てば響くようにすぐ動いてくれるよ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).