抽[chōu]

动

1. take out (from in between)

♦ 从文件夹里~出一份申请书 take an application out of the file

2. take (a part from a whole)

♦ 把他~出来管仓库 release him from his job and put him in charge of the warehouse

♦ 开会前请~时间把文件看一下。 Try and find time to read the document before the meeting.

3. (of certain plants) put forth

♦ ~枝 branch out; sprout

♦ 小树~出了嫩芽。 The saplings are budding.

4. obtain by drawing, etc.

♦ ~血 draw blood (for a test or transfusion)

5. shrink

♦ 这种布一洗就~。 This cloth shrinks in the wash.

6. lash; whip; thrash

♦ ~陀螺 whip a top

♦ ~牲口 lash a draught animal

7.体drive