extricate

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vt. 使解脱, 救出

发音

US /ˈɛks.tɹɪ.keɪt/

词形变化

extricated extricates 三单 extricates extricatest extricateth extricating extricating 现在分词 extricated 过去式 extricated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.

    及物

    I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.

    The firefighters had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.

  2. 2.

    To free from intricacies or perplexity.

    罕用

    Your argumentation ... is invelloped with certain intricacies, that are not easie to be extricated.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

untangle disencumber disentangle

上位词 2

free disengage

词源

Borrowed from Latin extrīcātus, past participle of extrīcō. Compare intricate.

来源：wiktionary