| 单词 | extricate |
| 释义 | ex·tri·cate 1. a. archaic b. < a plant that cannot easily be extricated from similar ones > < extricating the typical culture of a people from its behavior patterns > c. archaic 2. a. < extricating the one unbroken dish from the pile of fragments > b. (1) < he extricated the two heavy gas cylinders from the bottom of the boat — C.S.Forester > : pull out : get out < many who were trapped perished before they could be extricated — O.S.Nock > : extract < the horse could not extricate its foot from the mudhole > < the kind of dust that, once it infiltrates one's lungs, seems never to be altogether extricated — E.J.Kahn > (2) < extricating himself from the straitjacket > < golf players extricating themselves from a sand trap > < what he expected of me was to extricate him from a difficult situation — Joseph Conrad > < my success in having extricated myself from an awkward predicament — Vicor Heiser > < trying to extricate themselves from debt > 3. archaic Synonyms: < on the point of extricating itself from the snarls of conflicting claims — American Guide Series: New Jersey > < give us what aid you can in extricating a generous young man from such a pair of schemers as this father and daughter seem to be — W.M.Thackeray > < personality is to be extricated from the loyalties which disintegrate it — Donald Meyer > disentangle is similar to extricate but often stresses more the things, especially intricately complex, which entangle other things < disentangle one's foot from a fish net > < so picturesque a figure that biography is unable to disentangle him from legend — American Guide Series: North Carolina > < a moralization which must be slowly disentangled from the driftings and confusions of everyday life — V.S.Pritchett > < he can disentangle facts from impressions — J.G.Cozzens > untangle is often popularly used in the sense of disentangle, with the same implications < untangle one's foot from a fish net > disencumber implies a freeing from what weighs down, clogs, or imposes a heavy burden < they disencumber themselves of many garments — George Meredith > < he cannot disencumber himself of his lifelong methods of composition — H.O.Taylor > < disencumber oneself of a weight of debts > disembarrass implies a release from what impedes, hampers, or hinders < I was glad to disembarrass myself of the bag and give it to a duty officer — Basil Black > < decide to disembarrass themselves of him by killing or banishing him — Merriam McCulloch > < disembarrass ourselves of the curse of ignorance and learn to work together — Alvin Johnson > |
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