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disappear

verb
 
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r)/
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they disappear
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r)/
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪr/
he / she / it disappears
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪəz/
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪrz/
past simple disappeared
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪəd/
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd/
past participle disappeared
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪəd/
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪrd/
-ing form disappearing
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪərɪŋ/
🔊/ˌdɪsəˈpɪrɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1.  
     [intransitive] to become impossible to see消失；不见 synonym vanish
    • With that, Matt promptly disappeared.紧接着，马特就迅速消失了。
    • The mirror made the ceiling seem to disappear. 镜子使天花板似乎消失了。
    • + adv./prep. The plane disappeared behind a cloud.飞机消失在云层里。🔊🔊
    • Lisa watched until the train disappeared from view.莉萨一直看着火车从视线中消失。🔊🔊
    • Lucy watched his tall figure disappear into the cafe.露西看着他的高个子消失在咖啡馆里。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • altogether
    • completely
    • entirely
    • …
    preposition
    • behind
    • from
    • into
    • …
    phrases
    • disappear from sight
    • disappear from view
    See full entry
  2.  
     [intransitive] to stop existing不复存在；灭绝；消亡 synonym vanish
    • Her nervousness quickly disappeared once she was on stage.她一走上台紧张情绪便迅速消失了。🔊🔊
    • The problem won't just disappear.这个问题不会就这样不了了之的。🔊🔊
    • Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.我们的农村地区正在以惊人的速度消亡。🔊🔊
    • disappear from something Wildlife is fast disappearing from our countryside.野生动植物正从乡间迅速消失。
    • These fish have virtually disappeared from their traditional waters.这些鱼实际上已从传统水域消失了。
    Extra Examples
    • He started the treatment and his symptoms disappeared overnight.他开始了治疗，症状很快就消失了。
    • The controversy is not going to magically disappear.争议是不会神奇消失的。
    • The traditional way of life has all but disappeared.传统的生活方式几乎完全消失了。
    • These forests could disappear altogether in the next twenty years.这些森林可能在未来20年内完全消失。
    • Why have 2.5 million manufacturing jobs disappeared in the last twenty years?为什么在过去的20年中消失了250万个制造业职位？
    • a rapidly disappearing way of life迅速消失的生活方式
    • The smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown.笑容消失了，取而代之的是哀伤的蹙眉。
    • His grin momentarily disappeared from his face.微笑从他脸上消失了片刻。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • altogether
    • completely
    • entirely
    • …
    preposition
    • behind
    • from
    • into
    • …
    phrases
    • disappear from sight
    • disappear from view
    See full entry
  3.  
     [intransitive] to be lost or impossible to find失踪；丢失 synonym vanish
    • I can never find a pen in this house. They disappear as soon as I buy them.我在家里从来找不到一支笔。每次我一买来就不翼而飞。🔊🔊
    • Then one day he simply disappeared. 然后有一天他只是消失了。
    • A number of his wives mysteriously disappeared. 他的许多妻子神秘地消失了。
    • disappear from something The child disappeared from his home some time after four.这孩子四点多的时候就离家不见了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The woman literally disappeared on her way home from work one night.那名女子在一天晚上下班回家途中竟然失踪了。
    • The plane suddenly just disappeared from the radar screen.飞机突然从雷达屏幕上就那么消失了。
    • Her father disappeared without trace when she was ten.她 10 岁时，父亲一去不见踪影。
    • Her personal website quietly disappeared from the internet.她的个人网站从因特网上悄然消失了。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • altogether
    • completely
    • entirely
    • …
    preposition
    • behind
    • from
    • into
    • …
    phrases
    • disappear from sight
    • disappear from view
    See full entry
  4. [transitive, usually passive] be disappeared if a person is disappeared, they are arrested or captured and kept in prison without trial or killed, usually for political reasons 完全消失；消逝得无影无踪
    • 10 000 people have been disappeared and over 160 000 displaced. 10,000人失踪，超过16万人流离失所。
    • One month later, he was disappeared by the regime.一个月后，他被政权失踪。
  5. [transitive, often passive] to remove something secretly or illegally so that it cannot be found不复存在；灭绝；消亡
    • be disappeared (from something) In the last five years, nearly 5 000 companies have been disappeared from the registry. 在过去的五年中，注册表中消失了近5000家公司。
    • disappear something (from something) Soon after the blog post went up, someone disappeared it.博客文章发表后不久，有人消失了。
    6. Word Originlate Middle English: from dis- (expressing reversal) + appear, on the pattern of French disparaître.
Idioms
disappear/vanish off the face of the earth
  1. to disappear completely完全消失；消逝得无影无踪
    • Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.继续找，他们不可能就从此消失得无影无踪的。🔊🔊
disappear, vanish, etc. into thin air
  1. to disappear suddenly in a mysterious way完全消失；消逝得无影无踪
    • She can’t just have vanished into thin air.她不能只是消失在稀薄的空气中。
    • At a stroke she could make things vanish into thin air.她用手碰到什么就能让它消失不见。
do, perform, stage a disappearing/vanishing act
  1. (informal) to go away or be impossible to find when people need or want you隐藏踪迹；潜踪隐迹
    • The cat had done a disappearing act.那只猫玩起了失踪。