disappear
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they disappear | |
| he / she / it disappears | |
| past simple disappeared | |
| past participle disappeared | |
| -ing form disappearing |
- [intransitive]
to become impossible to see 消失；不见 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. 露西看着他高大的身影消失在咖啡馆里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- behind
- from
- into
- …
- disappear from sight
- disappear from view
- [intransitive]
to stop existing 不复存在；灭绝；消亡 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. 这些鱼实际上已经从它们的传统水域消失了。
Extra ExamplesHe 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二十年内完全消失。 Why have 2.5 million manufacturing jobs disappeared in the last twenty years? 为什么近二十年来250万制造业岗位消失了？ 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
- …
- behind
- from
- into
- …
- disappear from sight
- disappear from view
- [intransitive]
to be lost or impossible to find 失踪；丢失 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. 然后有一天他就这么消失了。 A number of his wives mysteriously disappeared. 他的一些妻子神秘失踪了。 - 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 ExamplesThe 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
- …
- behind
- from
- into
- …
- disappear from sight
- disappear from view
- [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. 10，0 00人失踪，160，0 00多人流离失所。 One month later, he was disappeared by the regime. 一个月后，他被政权失踪。
- [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. 在过去五年中，将近5 000家公司从注册处消失。 - disappear something (from something)
Soon after the blog post went up, someone disappeared it. 博文上去不久，就有人把它消失了。
- be disappeared (from something)
Word Originlate Middle English: from dis- (expressing reversal) + appear, on the pattern of French disparaître.
Idioms
disappear/vanish off the face of the earth
disappear, vanish, etc. into thin air
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. 她不可能凭空消失了。 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
- (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。