detach

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they detach
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he / she / it detaches
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past simple detached
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past participle detached
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-ing form detaching
🔊/dɪˈtætʃɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to remove something from something larger; to become separated from something拆卸;(使)分开,脱离
    • detach something Detach the coupon and return it as soon as possible.将表格撕下后尽快寄回。
    • detach something from something One of the panels had become detached from the main structure.一块镶板已从主体结构上脱落。🔊🔊
    • detach (from something) The skis should detach from the boot if you fall.要是你跌倒了,滑雪板就会脱离靴子。🔊🔊
    compare attach
  2. [transitive] detach yourself (from somebody/something) (formal) to leave or separate yourself from somebody/something挣脱;摆脱;离开
    • She detached herself from his embrace.她挣脱了他的拥抱。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) I tried to detach myself from the reality of these terrible events.我尽力使自己从这些可怕事件的现实中摆脱出来。🔊🔊
    • A figure in white detached itself from the shadows.白色的身影从阴影中脱颖而出。
  3. [transitive] detach somebody/something (specialist) to send a group of soldiers, etc. away from the main group, especially to do special duties派遣;分遣;分派
    • Five destroyers were detached to carry out a bombardment of the port.驱逐了五艘驱逐舰,对港口进行了轰炸。
  4. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘discharge a gun’): from French détacher, earlier destacher, from des- (expressing reversal) + attacher ‘attach’.