| 单词 | remove |
| 释义 | remove (once / 50 pages) 1v 2v 3n You can remove your name from a list, remove a stain from a t-shirt, or remove old furniture from your house. Whatever it is, when you remove something, you take it somewhere else or get rid of it completely. The verb remove usually means taking something off or getting rid of something. For example, when you take off your coat, you remove it, or when you remove a skillet from the heat, you take it off the burner. Remove can apply to people: a law-breaking politician who is removed from office. As a noun remove indicates distance, such as being at one remove from your cousin, getting all his news from his mother. WORD FAMILYremove: remotion, removable, removal, removed, remover, removes, removing+/irremovable: irremovably/removable: irremovable/removal: removals/remover: removers USAGE EXAMPLESDear Heloise: I am a handyman, and each year I install and remove dozens of window air conditioners. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) At her workbench, she uses a microscope while cutting and removing tiny bits of metal with a sharp blade called a graver. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) This year it plans to gradually remove price controls, starting in March with some border areas. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract remove a threat remove a wrapper Remove the dirty dishes from the table Syn|Hypo take, take away, withdraw depilate, epilate remove body hair harvestremove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation tipremove the tip from stemremove the stem from extirpatesurgically remove (an organ) enucleateremove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover exenterateremove the contents of (an organ) enucleateremove the nucleus from (a cell) decorticateremove the cortex of (an organ) bailremove (water) from a vessel with a container disinvest, divest, strip, undressremove (someone's or one's own) clothes ablateremove an organ or bodily structure clean, pickremove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits cleanremove shells or husks from winnowblow away or off with a current of air pickremove in small bits clear, clear upfree (the throat) by making a rasping sound muckremove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine liftremove from a surface lifttake off or away by decreasing liftremove from a seedbed or from a nursery tear away, tear offrip off violently and forcefully take offtake away or remove take away, take outtake out or remove pit, stoneremove the pits from seedremove the seeds from unhingeremove the hinges from shuckremove the shucks from hullremove the hulls from crumbremove crumbs from chip away, chip away atremove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life" burlremove the burls from cloth knock outdestroy or break forcefully clean, scavengeremove unwanted substances from hypophysectomise, hypophysectomizeremove the pituitary glands degasremove gas from husk, shellremove the husks from bur, burrremove the burrs from clear away, clear offremove from sight flickremove with a flick (of the hand) dismantle, striptake off or remove stripremove a constituent from a liquid clearremove defangremove the fangs from bone, deboneremove the bones from disembowel, draw, eviscerateremove the entrails of shellremove from its shell or outer covering shuckremove from the shell detusk, tuskremove the tusks of animals dehornprevent the growth of horns of certain animals scalpremove the scalp of weedclear of weeds condenseremove water from bail out, bale outremove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side leach, stripremove substances from by a percolating liquid decalcifyremove calcium or lime from detoxicate, detoxifyremove poison from de-ionateremove ions from de-iodinateremove iodine from decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decokeremove carbon from (an engine) delousefree of lice reamremove by making a hole or by boring brushremove with or as if with a brush wash, wash away, wash off, wash outremove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent desorbremove from a surface on which it is adsorbed pulltake away demineralise, demineralizeremove the minerals or salts from eliminateremove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations clear out, drive out, expectorateclear out the chest and lungs carve outremove from a larger whole defuseremove the triggering device from dredgeremove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water wear away, wear offdiminish, as by friction amputate, cut offremove surgically eviscerate, resectsurgically remove a part of a structure or an organ cream, cream off, skim, skim offremove from the surface stripremove the surface from stripstrip the cured leaves from descale, scaleremove the scales from circumcisecut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys undocktake (a ship) out of a dock cut into, delve, dig, turn overturn up, loosen, or remove earth dig, excavate, hollowremove the inner part or the core of lift out, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, take uptake out or up with or as if with a scoop draw out, extract, pull, pull out, pull up, take outremove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense take outremove something from a container or an enclosed space unstringremove the strings from stringremove the stringy parts of wipe away, wipe offremove by wiping bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take awayremove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state unveilremove the cover from take out, unpackremove from its packing disburden, unburdentake the burden off; remove the burden from emptyremove dischargeremove the charge from offsaddle, unsaddleremove the saddle from cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw offget rid of dislodge, freeremove or force out from a position cleanremove while making clean aspirate, draw out, suck outremove as if by suction cancel, deleteremove or make invisible lade, laden, ladleremove with or as if with a ladle spoonscoop up or take up with a spoon gutremove the guts of headremove the head of draw away, draw off, pull offremove by drawing or pulling clean, stripremove all contents or possession from, or empty completely draw, take outtake liquid out of a container or well draw, get out, pull, pull out, take outbring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover leachcause (a liquid) to leach or percolate drawcause to flow draw, draw off, take out, withdrawremove (a commodity) from (a supply source) exuviate, molt, moult, shed, sloughcast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undressget undressed busremove used dishes from the table in restaurants milktake milk from female mammals bare, denudate, denude, striplay bare clear-cutremove all the trees at one time stumpremove tree stumps from deforest, disafforest, disforestremove the trees from declawremove the claws from dehorntake the horns off (an animal) podtake something out of its shell or pod liftremove (hair) by scalping stubclear of weeds by uprooting them kill, obliterate, wipe outmark for deletion, rub off, or erase cross off, cross out, mark, strike off, strike outremove from a list delete, erasewipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information bring out, get outtake out of a container or enclosed space abrade, abrase, corrade, rub down, rub offwear away slough offseparate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion absciseshed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue pare, peel, skinstrip the skin off bark, skinremove the bark of a tree decorticateremove the outer layer of furrow, groove, ruthollow out in the form of a furrow or groove root, rootle, routdig with the snout spadedig (up) with a spade driveexcavate horizontally ditch, trenchcut a trench in, as for drainage dipscoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface shoveldig with or as if with a shovel troweluse a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work squeeze out, wring outextract (liquid) by squeezing or pressing demodulateextract information from a modulated carrier wave pulpremove the pulp from, as from a fruit threadremove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tearstrip of feathers detergewipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body spirit awaycarry away rapidly and secretly, as if mysteriously spirit away, spirit offcarry off mysteriously; as if by magic whisk away, whisk offtake away quickly and suddenly cart away, cart off, haul away, haul offtake away by means of a vehicle unboxremove from a box break outtake from stowage in preparation for use uncrateremove from the crate lightenreduce the weight on; make lighter offload, unlade, unloadtake the load off (a container or vehicle) exfoliatecast off in scales, laminae, or splinters autotomise, autotomizecause a body part to undergo autotomy efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe offremove by or as if by rubbing or erasing excise, expunge, scratch, strikeremove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line slopladle clumsily unsheathedraw from a sheath or scabbard pumpdraw or pour with a pump siphon, siphon off, syphonconvey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon sluicedraw through a sluice tapdraw (liquor) from a tap suckdraw something in by or as if by a vacuum rackdraw off from the lees deglycerolise, deglycerolizeremove from glycerol burrow, tunnelmove through by or as by digging check out, chequewithdraw money by writing a check diptake a small amount from divert, hive offwithdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions overdrawdraw more money from than is available tapdraw from or dip into to get something disinvest, divestreduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) 2v shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes He removed his children to the countryside Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city remove a case to another court Syn|Hyper transfer shift, transfer move around 3v remove from a position or an office Hypo unseat remove from political office boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, oust, throw outremove from a position or office can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminateterminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position dropterminate an association with pull offcause to withdraw winkle outforce from a place or position invalidforce to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen benchtake out of a game; of players retiremake (someone) retire pension offlet go from employment with an attractive pension excommunicateoust or exclude from a group or membership by decree clean outforce out furlough, lay offdismiss, usually for economic reasons squeeze outforce out depose, force outforce to leave (an office) dismiss, drop, send away, send packingstop associating with 4v cause to leave Syn|Hypo move out, take out clear remove (people) from a building call intake a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player estrangeremove from customary environment or associations 5v go away or leave 2Syn|Hyper absent disappear, go away, vanish get lost, as without warning or explanation 1v dispose of Syn|Hypo get rid of cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out throw or cast away slough offdiscard as undesirable comb out, weed outremove unwanted elements work offcause to go away through effort or work cullremove something that has been rejected ditch, dumpsever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly unmuzzleremove the muzzle from (a dog) de-aerate, deaerateremove air or gas from decaffeinateremove caffeine from (coffee) decarbonateremove carbon dioxide from decerebrateremove the cerebrum from (a human body) dechlorinateremove chlorine from (water) defatremove the fat from defibrinateremove fibrin from (blood) degreaseremove grease or oil from (a pan) deionizeremove ions from delistremove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange delocalizeremove from the proper or usual locality deoxygenateremove oxygen from (water) destainremove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast desulfurize, desulphurizeremove sulfur from detickfree (a pet) of ticks deveinremove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp) fettleremove mold marks or sand from (a casting) fleshremove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture flensestrip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal) kernremove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) pithremove the pith from (a plant) scumremove the scum from unbridleremove the bridle from (a horse or mule) unlearndiscard something previously learnt, like an old habit deep-six, give it the deep sixtoss out; get rid of jettisonthrow away, of something encumbering junk, scrap, trashdispose of (something useless or old) wasteget rid of dumpthrow away as refuse retiredispose of (something no longer useful or needed) abandonforsake, leave behind liquidize, sell out, sell upget rid of all one's merchandise de-accessdispose of by selling close outterminate by selling off or disposing of 2v get rid of something abstract The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage Syn|Hypo take away wash away eliminate 3v kill intentionally and with premeditation 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, slay burke murder without leaving a trace on the body executemurder in a planned fashion kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly n degree of figurative distance or separation "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy Hyper distance the property created by the space between two objects or points |
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