单词 | disappear |
释义 | disappear (once / 82 pages) v When something disappears, it's gone. To disappear is to vanish, evaporate, or just fade away. The word disappear is made up of dis, meaning "do the opposite of" and appear. So to disappear is to do the opposite of appear. Magicians are experts at making things disappear: one minute the rabbit is here, and the next, it's gone! When you lose something, like one of a pair of socks, you could say it disappeared. Snow disappears as it melts; boiling water disappears as it evaporates. Anything that goes away without leaving a trace has disappeared. WORD FAMILYdisappear: disappearance, disappeared, disappearing, disappears+/appear: appearance, appeared, appearing, appears, disappear, reappear/appearance: appearances, nonappearance/appearing: appearings/disappearance: disappearances/disappearing: disappearings/reappear: reappearance, reappeared, reappearing, reappears/reappearance: reappearances USAGE EXAMPLESIchthyosaurs were disappearing from the seas when the Eagle Ford formed, some 88 million to 96 million years ago. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Authorities say recovery efforts are resuming in the search for a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie, near Cleveland. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Without a sustainable budget solution, the annual Permanent Fund dividend soon will disappear, as will our savings accounts. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v become invisible or unnoticeable Syn|Hypo|Hyper go away, vanish dematerialise, dematerialize become immaterial; disappear cleargo away or disappear bob underdisappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water cease, end, finish, stop, terminate have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical 2v become less intense and fade away gradually Syn|Hyper evaporate, melt weaken become weaker 3v get lost, as without warning or explanation He disappeared without a trace Syn|Ant|Hypo go away, vanish appear come into sight or view fall away, fall off diminish in size or intensity fallgo as if by falling diedisappear or come to an end gobe abolished or discarded absent, removego away or leave blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass, pass offdisappear gradually fade, witherlose freshness, vigor, or vitality skip town, take a powderdisappear without notifying anyone (idiom) die off, die outbecome extinct desorbgo away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed 4v cease to exist Syn|Ant|Hyper vanish appear, come along come into being or existence, or appear on the scene cease, end, finish, stop, terminate have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical |
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