单词 | release |
释义 | release v. & n. --vtr.   1. (often foll. by from) set free; liberate, unfasten.   2. allow to move from a fixed position.   3. a make (information, a recording, etc.) publicly or generally available. b issue (a film etc.) for general exhibition.   4. Law a remit (a debt). b surrender (a right). c make over (property or money) to another. --n   1. deliverance or liberation from a restriction, duty, or difficulty.   2. a handle or catch that releases part of a mechanism.   3. a document or item of information made available for publication (press release).   4. a a film or record etc. that is released. b the act or an instance of releasing or the process of being released in this way.   5. Law a the act of releasing (property, money, or a right) to another. b a document effecting this. Derivatives releasable adj. releasee n. (in sense 4 of v.). releaser n. releasor n. (in sense 4 of v.). Etymology: ME f. OF reles (n.), relesser (v.), relaiss(i)er f. L relaxare: see RELAX |
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