vanish
verb[I]
uk/ˈvæn.ɪʃ/us/ˈvæn.ɪʃ/B2
todisappearorstopbeingpresentorexisting,especiallyin asudden,surprisingway:
(尤指突然)消失,灭绝Thechildvanished while on her wayhomefromschool.那个小女孩在放学回家的路上不见了。
Weranout after thethief, but he had vanishedintothinair(= hadcompletelydisappeared).我们冲出去追小偷,但他已经消失得无影无踪。
Cheapruralhousingis vanishing in thesouthof thecountry.廉价的乡间住房在该国南部行将绝迹。
to disappear
- disappearThe boat disappeared in the storm.
- go awayIt was weeks before the bruises went away.
- vanishDinosaurs vanished from the Earth 65 million years ago.
- (go) missingHe has been missing since November of last year.
- fade awayAs the years passed, the memories faded away.
- Wewatchedthebuildingvanish under amantleofthickgreysmokeas thefireswiftlymovedthrough it.
- Onemomenthe wasstandingbehind me, the next he had vanished in apuffofsmoke.
- Heseemsto have vanished without atrace.
- All thefoodon thetablevanishedquickly.
- Where are mykeys? They can't just have vanished.
Appearing & disappearing
- appear
- Bermuda Triangle
- bubble up
- creep
- creep in/creep intosomething
- deliquesce
- dissolve
- filter
- hove
- melt away
- pass
- re-emergence
- reappear
- reappearance
- rematerialize
- sprout
- vanish/go up/disappear in a puff of smokeidiom
- vanishing
- wear
- wind