detach
verb- [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。
- detach something
- [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. 一个穿白色衣服的人从阴影中走了出来。
- [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. 派出了五艘驱逐舰对港口进行轰炸。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘discharge a gun’): from French détacher, earlier destacher, from des- (expressing reversal) + attacher ‘attach’.