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单词 evacuate
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•vac•u•ate /ɪˈvækyuˌeɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -at•ed, -at•ing. 
  1. to remove (persons or things) from a place, esp. for reasons of safety:evacuated the people from the flooded village.
e•vac•u•a•tion /ɪˌvækyuˈeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [countable* uncountable]See -vac-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•vac•u•ate  (i vakyo̅o̅ āt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to leave empty;
    vacate.
  2. to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection:to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood.
  3. to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety:to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat.
  4. Military
    • to remove (troops, wounded soldiers, civilians, etc.) from a war zone, combat area, etc.
    • to withdraw from or quit (a town, fort, etc., that has been occupied).
  5. Physiologyto discharge or eject as through the excretory passages, esp. from the bowels.
  6. to deprive:Fear evacuated their minds of reason.
  7. Physicsto produce a vacuum in.

v.i. 
  1. to leave a place because of military or other threats.
  2. to void;
    defecate.
  • Latin ēvacuātus (past participle of ēvacuāre to empty out, equivalent. to ē- e- + vacuāre to empty); see vacuum, -ate1
  • Middle English 1350–1400
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged empty, void, drain.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
evacuate /ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt/ vb (mainly tr)
  1. (also intr) to withdraw or cause to withdraw from (a place of danger) to a place of greater safety
  2. to make empty by removing the contents of
  3. (also intr) to eliminate or excrete (faeces); defecate
  4. to discharge (any waste product) from (a part of the body)
  5. (transitive) to create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc)
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin ēvacuāre to void, from vacuus empty

eˌvacuˈation n eˈvacuative adj eˈvacuˌator n
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