evacuate
v 腾空；清除；撤离（e出+vac+uate→空出去→撤空）
释义2：
evacuate
/ i5vAkjueit /
◙ verb, [with obj.] 1. remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place• 使撤离危险地带；疏散，转移 »several families were evacuated from their homes. 好几户人家被从家中疏散出来。 leave or cause the occupants to leave (a place of danger)• （使）撤离（危险地带） »fire alarms forced staff to evacuate the building. 火警信号迫使员工撤离大楼。 »[no obj.] nearly five million had to evacuate because of air terror. 由于受到空袭的威胁，将近500万人必须撤离。 (of troops) withdraw from (a place)• （部队）从（某地）撤退；撤离 »the last British troops evacuated the Canal Zone. 最后的一部分英国军队撤离了运河区。2. (technical)remove air, water, or other contents from (a container)• [技] 抽空（容器）；排空 »when it springs a leak, evacuate the pond. 如果向外喷水，那就排掉水池中的水。 »[as adj. evacuated] an evacuated bulb. 被抽空空气的灯泡。 empty (the bowels or another bodily organ)• 排空（肠道或其他身体器官） discharge (faeces or other matter) from the body• 排泄（粪便等） (figurative)deprive (something) of contents, value, or force• [喻] 使失去内容（价值或力量） »he evacuated time and history of significance. 他使时间和往事都失去了意义。【语源】
1. late Middle English (in the sense 'clear the contents of'): from Latin evacuat- ('of the bowels) emptied', from the verb evacuare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + vacuus 'empty'
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