| 单词 | discharge |
| 释义 | discharge v. & n. --v 1. tr. a let go, release, esp. from a duty, commitment, or period of confinement. b relieve (a bankrupt) of residual liability. 2. tr. dismiss from office, employment, army commission, etc. 3. tr. a fire (a gun etc.). b (of a gun etc.) fire (a bullet etc.). 4. a tr. (also absol.) pour out or cause to pour out (pus, liquid, etc.) (the wound was discharging). b tr. throw; eject (discharged a stone at the cat). c tr. utter (abuse etc.). d intr. (foll. by into) (of a river etc.) flow into (esp. the sea). 5. tr. a carry out, perform (a duty or obligation). b relieve oneself of (a financial commitment) (discharged his debt). 6. tr. Law cancel (an order of court). 7. tr. Physics release an electrical charge from. 8. tr. a relieve (a ship etc.) of its cargo. b unload (a cargo) from a ship. --n 1. the act or an instance of discharging; the process of being discharged. 2. a dismissal, esp. from the armed services. 3. a a release, exemption, acquittal, etc. b a written certificate of release etc. 4. an act of firing a gun etc. 5. a an emission (of pus, liquid, etc.). b the liquid or matter so discharged. 6. (usu. foll. by of) a the payment (of a debt). b the performance (of a duty etc.). 7. Physics a the release of a quantity of electric charge from an object. b a flow of electricity through the air or other gas esp. when accompanied by the emission of light. c the conversion of chemical energy in a cell into electrical energy. 8. the unloading (of a ship or a cargo). Derivatives dischargeable adj. discharger n. (in sense 7 of v.). Etymology: ME f. OF descharger (as DIS-, CHARGE) |
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