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

to dismiss (somebody) from employment or service

to release (somebody) from custody or care

to fulfil (a debt or obligation) by performing an appropriate action

to release (somebody) from an obligation

to send or pour out (a liquid or gas); to emit

to shoot (a firearm)

to annul (an order of court) legally

to unload (a charge, load, or burden)

to unload (a boat, etc)

to remove an electric charge from (something) or reduce its electric charge

verb intrans

to throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden

said of a gun: to be fired

to pour out fluid contents

to lose or reduce an electric charge

dischargeable adj

discharger noun

[Middle English dischargen via French from late Latin discarricare, from Latin dis- + carricare: see charge¹]

the act or an instance of discharging

release or dismissal, esp from an office or employment, or a document stating this

the act or an instance of relieving somebody of an obligation, accusation, or penalty

a certificate of release or payment

legal release from confinement

an acquittal

the act or an instance of discharging or unloading

the act or an instance of firing a missile or missiles

an artillery discharge

the act or an instance of flowing or pouring out

something that is discharged or emitted

a purulent discharge

a brief flow of an electric charge through a gas, usu with associated light emission

the conversion of the chemical energy of a battery into electrical energy

discharger noun