英语词汇“supplant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sup·plant

(sə-plănt)

tr.v. sup·plant·ed, sup·plant·ing, sup·plants

1. To take the place of or substitute for (another): Computers have largely supplanted typewriters. See Synonyms at replace.

2. To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics: In the Bible, Jacob supplants his older brother Esau.

[Middle English supplanten, to trip up, cause to stumble, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantāre, to trip up : sub-, sub- + planta, sole of the foot; see plat- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	supplant
释义	sup·plant (sə-plănt) tr.v. sup·plant·ed, sup·plant·ing, sup·plants 1. To take the place of or substitute for (another): Computers have largely supplanted typewriters. See Synonyms at replace. 2. To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics: In the Bible, Jacob supplants his older brother Esau. [Middle English supplanten, to trip up, cause to stumble, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantāre, to trip up : sub-, sub- + planta, sole of the foot; see plat- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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