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（把夹在中间的东西拉出； 提取） take out (from in between)
take a report out of the file
从文件夹里抽出一份报告
（从全部里取出一部分； 腾出） take (a part from a whole)
release him from his job and put him in charge of the warehouse
把他抽出来管仓库
Please try and find time to read the document before the meeting.
开会前请抽时间把文件看一下。
（某些植物体长出） (of certain plants) put forth
branch out; sprout
抽枝
The sorghum is in the ear.
高粱抽穗了。
The saplings are budding.
小树抽出了嫩芽。
（引出； 吸） obtain by drawing, etc.
pump water
抽水
draw blood (for a test or transfusion)
抽血
（收缩） shrink
This cloth shrinks in the wash.
这种布一洗就抽。
（用条状物等打； 抽打） lash; whip; thrash
lash a draught animal
抽牲口
whip a top
抽陀螺