dis‧ap‧pear S2 W2 / dɪsəpɪə $ -pɪr / 动词 [不及物动词]

1 to become impossible to see any longer 同义词 vanish 反义词 appear

disappear behind/under/into etc

The sun had disappeared behind a cloud.

disappear from view/sight

David watched her car until it disappeared from view.

At this point the path seemed to disappear altogether (= disappear completely ) .

2 to be lost, or to become impossible to find 同义词 vanish :

The two girls disappeared while walking home from school.

My keys have disappeared again.

disappear without trace British English without a trace American English (= without any way of finding them )

75,000 soldiers simply disappeared without trace.

3 to stop existing :

The rain forest may disappear forever.

COLLOCATIONS

副词

simply disappear (= used to emphasize that it is very strange ) After two weeks it seemed that the boys had simply disappeared.

completely/totally disappear My spectacles have completely disappeared again.

mysteriously disappear (= in a way that no one can explain ) Several reporters in the area have mysteriously disappeared.

suddenly disappear The ship had suddenly disappeared in calm waters.

短语

disappear without a trace ( also disappear without trace British English ) (= completely ) Hundreds of people disappear without trace every year.

disappear into thin air (= completely ) The money he made has disappeared into thin air.

THESAURUS

disappear if something disappears, you cannot see it any longer, or it does not exist any longer : The sun slowly disappeared over the horizon. | Millions of people saw their savings disappear. | 16% of the forest cover has disappeared during the last 100 years.

vanish to completely disappear, especially suddenly : The boat vanished without trace off the coast of Australia. | All hopes of finding the boy alive have vanished. | The fields have vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways.

go away to stop existing – used about something bad such as a pain or a problem : I wish this headache would go away. | I’m afraid the problem won’t just go away.

fade away to gradually become less clear, strong, or bright, and finally disappear : Her voice began to fade away. | His anger slowly faded away. | The last rays of the evening sun were fading away.

melt away especially literary to disappear, especially gradually – used about feelings or groups of people : The crowd began to melt away. | His initial excitement had melted away.

die out to stop existing after gradually becoming more and more rare – used about a type of animal or plant, a disease, or a custom : Wolves had died out in much of Europe. | Many of the old childhood diseases have almost died out.

become extinct if a type of animal or plant becomes extinct, it stops existing : Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago. | If nothing is done to save the whales, they will soon become extinct.