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单词 extricate
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extricate

verb
/ˈekstrɪkeɪt/
/ˈekstrɪkeɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they extricate
/ˈekstrɪkeɪt/
/ˈekstrɪkeɪt/
he / she / it extricates
/ˈekstrɪkeɪts/
/ˈekstrɪkeɪts/
past simple extricated
/ˈekstrɪkeɪtɪd/
/ˈekstrɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle extricated
/ˈekstrɪkeɪtɪd/
/ˈekstrɪkeɪtɪd/
-ing form extricating
/ˈekstrɪkeɪtɪŋ/
/ˈekstrɪkeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. extricate somebody/something/yourself (from something) to escape or enable somebody to escape from a difficult situation
    • He had managed to extricate himself from most of his official duties.
  2. extricate somebody/something/yourself (from something) to free somebody/something or yourself from a place where they/it or you have been stuck and unable to move
    • They managed to extricate the pilot from the tangled control panel.
  3. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘unravel, untangle’): from Latin extricat- ‘unravelled’, from the verb extricare, from ex- ‘out’ + tricae ‘perplexities’.
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