1 to become impossible to see or to find 消失;不见:
He walked away and disappeared into a crowd of people.他走开了,消失在人群中。My purse was here a moment ago and now it's disappeared.我的钱包刚才还在,现在不见了。
2 to stop existing 不复存在;绝迹:
Plant and animal species are disappearing at an alarming rate.多种植物和动物在以惊人的速度灭绝。 [SYN] vanish 同义词为vanish[OPP] appear 反义词为appear➔disappearancenoun [C,U]
The mystery of her disappearance was never solved.她的失踪仍是个谜。
disappear/͵dIsəˋpIr; ˌdIsəˈpIə/v [I] 1 if something disappears, you can no longer see it 消失﹐不见: My keys have disappeared. 我的钥匙不见了。The sun briefly disappeared behind a cloud. 太阳暂时躲到云朵后面去了。+from Some books have disappeared from the library. 图书馆里的一些书不见了。2 to stop existing 灭绝﹐消亡: The rain forests may disappear forever. 热带雨林可能会永远消失。—disappearance n [C,U] Police are investigating the woman's disappearance. 警察正在调查这名女子的失踪案。
disappeardisappeardisappearsdisappeareddisappearingverb (disappears, disappearing, disappeared)spellingRemember! You spell disappear with one S and PP.If a person or thing disappears, they go away so people cannot see them: The sun disappeared behind the clouds. The police are looking for a woman who disappeared on Sunday.oppositeappear▶ disappearancedisappearancedisappearancesnoun: Everybody was worried about the child's disappearance.