displace

• 动词，指把某物从其通常或正确的位置移开，或占据某人或某物的位置。

A verb used to indicate the act of moving something from its usual or proper position, or taking the place of something or someone.

1. Move from usual placeB2formal

   To force something or someone out of its usual or original position.

   移开

   • The earthquake displaced thousands of people from their homes.
   • The new dam will displace several villages.
   • The heavy rain displaced the soil on the hillside.

   同义词dislocatedislodgeevictmoveoustrelocateshifttransfer

   反义词anchorfixsecure

2. Take the place ofB2formal

   To replace something or someone, often by force or necessity.

   取代

   • Digital cameras have largely displaced film cameras.
   • The new manager displaced the previous team leader.
   • Electric cars are beginning to displace traditional gasoline vehicles.

   同义词dislodgeoustreplacesupersedesupplant

   反义词keeppreserveretain

3. Physics: volume of fluidC1formalscientific

   To cause a fluid to move and be replaced by a solid object.

   排开液体

   • The ship displaces a large volume of water.
   • Archimedes discovered that an object displaces its own weight in fluid.
   • The submerged rock displaced the water in the tank.

   同义词dispossessexpelforce outmovepush asideshift