take up
鲁教版七年级英语下册第二单元单词。意思也比较多，课本出现的意思：（尤指为消遣）学做做，开始做
来看字典的英文释义：If you take up an activity or a subject, you become interested in it
and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career.
课文原句：Some people might say they are going to take up a hobby like painting or taking photos,or learn to play the guitar
但中考英语出现了另一个含义，来看中考英语真题
It takes up a lot of space but that’s a lot of money coming out of a 50-pence seed (种子)!
（2023年济南中考英语阅读理解D篇）
这里如果是“开始做，学着做”，那整句话就解释不通了。来看take up的常出现的意思：
1 占用，花费(时间、空间或精力)
英语释义：If something takes up a particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount.
I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn't want to take up too much of your
time. 我知道您肯定特别忙，我当然不想占用您太多的时间。
2 占领，占据，占有(位置、阵地)
英语释义：If you take up a particular position, you get into a particular place
in relation to something else.
He had taken up a position in the centre of the room. 他占据了房间中心的位置。
那中考句子
It takes up a lot of space but that’s a lot of money coming out of
a 50-pence seed (种子)!就是占用，花费(时间、空间或精力)的意思。
那这句话明白了吗？
