| 释义 |
dis·engage
I. \|dis+\ verb
Etymology: French désengager, from Middle French desengager, from des- dis- (I) + engager to engage — more at engage
transitive verb
1. : to release from anything that engages, engrosses, involves, or entangles : free, liberate
2.
a. : to free from a pledge or obligation — now used only as a past participle
b. : to extricate from something that entangles
< disengaging the rope from the gear >
c. : to loosen or detach from something clung to
< gently disengaged the baby fingers wrapped about his thumb >
d. : to remove (troops) from combat
< disengaged the first battalion >
intransitive verb
1. : to release or detach oneself
2. : to shift one's blade from one side of an opponent's blade to the other in fencing
3. : to withdraw from combat
Synonyms: see detach
II. noun
(-s)
: the act of disengaging in fencing |