to absorb sth into your senses, your body or your mind （通过感官、身心）吸取，摄取
We were just sitting soaking up the atmosphere.
我们就坐在那儿感受着那里的气氛。
to take in or absorb liquid 吸收，吸掉（液体）
Use a cloth to soak up some of the excess water.
用布把多余的水吸去。
沉浸于;充分体验；If you soak up the atmosphere in a place that you are visiting, you observe or get involved in the way of life there, because you enjoy it or are interested in it. [V P n (not pron)] [Also V n P] [Informal]
Keaton comes here once or twice a year to soak up the atmosphere.
基顿每年到这里来一两次，为的是尽情感受这里的气氛。