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单词 displace
释义 dis·place
\dəs, (ˈ)dis+\ transitive verb
Etymology: probably from Middle French desplacer, from des- dis- (I) + place — more at place
1.
 a. : to remove from the usual or proper place : put out of place; specifically : to expel or force to flee from home or homeland
  < the war has displaced thousands of people >
 b. : to remove from an office or position of dignity : discharge, depose
 c. obsolete : to drive away : banish
 d. : to shift or redirect from a previous or usual objective or form of outlet
  < in every society there are hatreds and frustrations which the movement of events displaces on chosen victims — Max Lerner >
2. : to crowd out : take the place of especially by force : move from place by occupying the space : supplant
 < the Bishop's Bible that immediately displaced the Great Bible as the ecclesiastical version in use in the churches — I.M.Price >
 < today, when barns have been displaced by garages — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
specifically : to set free from chemical combination by taking the place of
 < zinc displaces the hydrogen of dilute acids >
3. : to put (an object) in place of another : substitute (one thing) for another
 < an effort … to displace the American shoe with the English boot — Encyc. Americana >
4. : to subject to percolation
Synonyms: see replace
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