took

Pronunciation: [tuk]

Average Rank: 237

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

take的过去式

Detailed Explanations:
  • v carry out
  • v require (time or space)
  • v take somebody somewhere
  • v get into one's hands, take physically
  • v take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
  • v interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  • v take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
  • v take into one's possession
  • v travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
  • v pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
  • v receive willingly something given or offered
  • v assume, as of positions or roles
  • v take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
  • v require as useful, just, or proper
  • v experience or feel or submit to
  • v make a film or photograph of something
  • v remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
  • v serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  • v accept or undergo, often unwillingly
  • v make use of or accept for some purpose
  • v take by force
  • v occupy or take on
  • v admit into a group or community
  • v ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
  • v be a student of a certain subject
  • v take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
  • v head into a specified direction
  • v point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
  • v be seized or affected in a specified way
  • v have with oneself; have on one's person
  • v engage for service under a term of contract
  • v receive or obtain regularly
  • v buy, select
  • v to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
  • v have sex with; archaic use
  • v lay claim to; as of an idea
  • v be designed to hold or take
  • v be capable of holding or containing
  • v develop a habit
  • v proceed along in a vehicle
  • v obtain by winning
  • v be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty: UNKNOWN

Word Forms:
0: take
1: p
3rd Person: tooks
Past Participle: tooked

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#201

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.0% (Top 98.0% most frequent)
98.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#335

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 96.7% (Top 96.7% most frequent)
96.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#174

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.3% (Top 98.3% most frequent)
98.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.