抽出 (chōu chū) — to pull out, to draw out (physical); to extract, to select (abstract)
Definition
抽出 covers both the physical sense ('pull out, draw out' — a paper from a drawer) and the abstract sense ('extract, select, set aside' — time, a sample, DNA). A separable verb: 抽出 can also split as 抽…出.
verb
to pull outto draw out (physical)to extractto select (abstract)
Examples
- 抽出。Tā cóng chōu ti lǐ chōu chū yì zhāng zhǐ.He pulled out a piece of paper from the drawer.
- 抽出。Wǒ měi tiān chōu chū bàn xiǎo shí xué xí zhōng wén.I set aside half an hour every day to study Chinese.
- 抽出DNA。Kē xué jiā cóng yàng běn zhōng chōu chū DNA jìn xíng cè shì.The scientist extracted DNA from the sample for testing.
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