vanish
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++van·ish /ˈvænɪʃ/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] 1 DISAPPEARto disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained 〔尤指莫名其妙地〕突然不见，消失 My keys were here a minute ago but now they’ve vanished. 我的钥匙刚刚还在这里，现在却不翼而飞了。vanish without (a) trace/vanish off the face of the earth (=disappear so that no sign remains) 消失得无影无踪 The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found. 有一天，那个年轻人消失得无影无踪，再也找不到了。 The bird vanished from sight. 那只鸟从视线中消失了。 She seemed to have just vanished into thin air (=suddenly disappeared in a very mysterious way). 她好像就蒸发了似的。► see thesaurus at disappear2 DISAPPEARto suddenly stop existing 不存在，灭绝 SYN disappearvanish from By the 1930s, the wolf had vanished from the American West. 到20世纪30年代，狼已经在美国西部绝迹了。 Public support for the prime minister has now vanished. 民众现在已不支持首相。→ See Verb table
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vanish• All hopes of finding the boy alive have vanished.• When she returned, her car had vanished.• Once it began it would go on for days, and then as inexplicably vanish.• The pain in his arm and neck had vanished.• Statistics show that Santa Clara's farmland is vanishing.• The snow flakes vanished as they touched the ground.• The Shatin rice fields have long vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways.• Smith vanished from Heathrow Airport in 1969 and is believed to be living in Florida.• The plane vanished from radar screens soon after taking off.• Within a few seconds it flew on again, vanishing from sight and hearing.• Before she could scream, the man had vanished into the night.• The last of the police cars sped past and vanished into the storm.• The company that supplied the missing cargo seems to have vanished into thin air.• Like so many dance crazes, the "moonwalk' was popular for a while in the clubs, then vanished without a trace.vanished into thin air• A woman friend saw her driving out of town a few minutes later; after that she just vanished into thin air.• It was almost as if he'd vanished into thin air.• Maybe each and every one of them had vanished into thin air.Origin vanish (1300-1400) Old French evanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanescere; → EVANESCENTvan·ish verbChineseSyllable
in to way that a especially suddenly, disappear Corpus
vanish
van‧ish /ˈvænɪʃ/
verb [intransitive]
My keys were here a minute ago but now they’ve vanished.
vanish without (a) trace/vanish off the face of the earth (=disappear so that no sign remains)
The youngster vanished without a trace one day and has never been found.
The bird vanished from sight.
She seemed to have just vanished into thin air (=suddenly disappeared in a very mysterious way).
2. to suddenly stop existing
SYN disappear
vanish from
By the 1930s, the wolf had vanished from the American West.
Public support for the Prime Minister has now vanished.
▪ disappear if something disappears, you cannot see it any longer, or it does not exist any longer: The sun slowly disappeared over the horizon. | Millions of people saw their savings disappear. | 16% of the forest cover has disappeared during the last 100 years.
▪vanish to completely disappear, especially suddenly: The boat vanished without trace off the coast of Australia. | All hopes of finding the boy alive have vanished. | The fields have vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways.
▪go away to stop existing – used about something bad such as a pain or a problem: I wish this headache would go away. | I’m afraid the problem won’t just go away.
▪fade away to gradually become less clear, strong, or bright, and finally disappear: Her voice began to fade away. | His anger slowly faded away. | The last rays of the evening sun were fading away.
▪melt away especially literary to disappear, especially gradually – used about feelings or groups of people: The crowd began to melt away. | His initial excitement had melted away.
▪die out to stop existing after gradually becoming more and more rare – used about a type of animal or plant, a disease, or a custom: Wolves had died out in much of Europe. | Many of the old childhood diseases have almost died out.
▪become extinct if a type of animal or plant becomes extinct, it stops existing: Dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago. | If nothing is done to save the whales, they will soon become extinct.
van‧ish /ˈvænɪʃ/
verb [intransitive] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: evanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanescere; ⇨ evanescent
1. to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained:Language: Old French
Origin: evanir, from Vulgar Latin exvanire, from Latin evanescere; ⇨ evanescent
vanish without (a) trace/vanish off the face of the earth (=disappear so that no sign remains)
2. to suddenly stop existing
SYN disappear
vanish from
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