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单词 uncoupled
释义

uncouple

verb

un·​cou·​ple ˌən-ˈkə-pəl How to pronounce uncouple (audio)
uncoupled; uncoupling; uncouples

transitive verb

1
: to release (dogs) from a pair of joined collars
2
: detach, disconnect
uncouple railroad cars
uncoupler
ˌən-ˈkə-p(ə-)lər How to pronounce uncouple (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • break up
  • decouple
  • disassociate
  • disconnect
  • disjoin
  • disjoint
  • dissever
  • dissociate
  • disunite
  • divide
  • divorce
  • part
  • ramify
  • resolve
  • separate
  • sever
  • split
  • sunder
  • unlink
  • unyoke
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Example Sentences

They uncoupled the railroad cars. uncoupled the two railroad cars
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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

uncoupled 1 of 2

adjective

as in dissociated

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dissociated
  • split
  • divorced
  • severed
  • divided
  • sundered
  • resolved
  • disjoined
  • broken up
  • dissevered
  • ramified
  • parted
  • unyoked
  • disunited
  • discontinuous
  • noncontinuous
  • removed
  • unlinked
  • discrete
  • detached
  • isolated
  • unattached
  • unconnected
  • disconnected
  • apart
  • separate
  • away
  • isolate
  • distant
  • single
  • far
  • farthest
  • faraway
  • free-standing
  • remote
  • nonadjacent
  • far-off
  • noncontiguous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • adjacent
  • juxtaposed
  • joining
  • adjoining
  • neighboring
  • contiguous
  • abutting
  • flush
  • touching
  • flanking
  • conterminous
  • joined
  • attached
  • connected
  • immediate
  • approximate
  • close
  • fringing
  • nearest
  • nearby
  • linked
  • closest
  • near
  • connecting
  • verging
  • nigh
  • united
  • skirting
  • bordering
  • communicating
  • interconnecting
  • next-door
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uncoupled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of uncouple
as in separated
to set or force apart uncoupled the two railroad cars

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • separated
  • divided
  • split
  • disconnected
  • decoupled
  • severed
  • divorced
  • resolved
  • dissociated
  • isolated
  • unlinked
  • disassociated
  • detached
  • sundered
  • pulled
  • disjoined
  • unyoked
  • parted
  • ramified
  • dissevered
  • decomposed
  • disunited
  • disjointed
  • dissected
  • broke up
  • subdivided
  • cleaved
  • dissolved
  • disintegrated
  • fragmented
  • disassembled
  • bifurcated
  • partitioned
  • segmented
  • segregated
  • ripped
  • fractionalized
  • fractionated
  • fractured
  • halved
  • insulated
  • dichotomized
  • bisected
  • disengaged
  • fragmentated
  • broke down
  • cleft
  • unraveled
  • quartered
  • trisected
  • ruptured
  • rent
  • broke
  • disentangled
  • fragmentized
  • untied
  • tore
  • sequestered
  • cut off
  • rived
  • rifted
  • secluded
  • rended

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • linked
  • joined
  • combined
  • associated
  • united
  • coupled
  • unified
  • mixed
  • connected
  • assembled
  • blended
  • mingled
  • attached
  • bound
  • closed
  • welded
  • accumulated
  • fastened
  • blent
  • stuck
  • fused
  • cemented
  • knit
  • agglutinated
  • knitted
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