early 15c., disaperen, from dis- "do the opposite of" + appear. Earlier was disparish (early 15c.), from French disparaiss-, stem of dispara?tre. Transitive sense. "cause to disappear," is from 1897 in chemistry; by 1948 of inconvenient persons. Related: Disappeared; disappearing; disappears. Slang disappearing act is originally of magic shows; in figurative sense of "getting away" first attested 1913.
雙語例句
1. She stood watching the car's tail-lights disappear down the drive.
她站在那兒，望著小汽車的尾燈消失在車道盡頭。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He saw something dark disappear behind the curtain of leaves.
他看到一個黑漆漆的東西從濃密的樹葉后消失了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. It was uncharacteristic of her father to disappear like this.
就這樣消失不像她父親的一貫作風(fēng)。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Year by year great swathes of this small nation's countryside disappear.
年復(fù)一年，這個小國家的鄉(xiāng)村面積正在一片片地大量消失。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The snow will soon disappear when the warm weather comes.