| 词组 | take to |
| 释义 | take to 1. take to sb/sth not passive to start to like a person or place, especially when you first meet them or first go there: ▪ I took to Paul as soon as I met him. ▪ Ray's brother Billy came running in, and we took to each other right away. ▪ "How's your daughter getting on at university?" "Oh she loves it. She took to it straight away." ▪ Muriel never took to country life, and always longed to go back to the city. ■ OPPOSITE: take against 2. take to sth to start doing something regularly take to doing sth ▪ A group of us took to meeting in a bar called Harry's every day after work. ▪ She goes to concerts and buys trendy clothes, and has even taken to wearing black nail varnish. take to drink/drugs (=start drinking a lot of alcohol or using drugs) ▪ When Tom's wife left him, he fell apart, and took to drink, drugs, and gambling. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑start 3. take to sth not passive to enjoy and be good at doing something, especially the first time you try it: ▪ Yanto jumped onto the motorbike and started it. He took to it like a natural. take to sth like a duck to water (=learn how to do something very easily because you are naturally good at it) ▪ Lillie went to her first tap dancing lesson when she was four, and took to it like a duck to water. 4. take to sth to go into or on to something take to the hills/lifeboats etc (=in order to escape from danger) ▪ Villagers were fleeing their homes in terror and taking to the hills. ▪ The ship was now ablaze, and the only escape was to take to the lifeboats. take to the streets (=in order to protest) ▪ After a student was killed by the police, an estimated five hundred thousand protestors took to the streets. take to your bed (=because you are ill) ▪ My fever returned and I took to my bed. take to the road/air/skies/seas etc (=start a journey by road, air, or sea) ▪ Around 5 million Californians will take to the road over the long holiday weekend. ▪ There was a distant roar as a squadron of Mig 15s took to the skies. |
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