1 to disappear suddenly or in a way that you cannot explain 突然不见;莫名其妙地消失:
When he turned round, the two men had vanished without trace.他转过身来,发现那两个男人已经消失无踪。
2 to stop existing 不再存在;绝迹:
This species of plant is vanishing from our countryside.这种植物在我们的郊野越来越罕见了。
vanish/ˋvænIʃ; ˈvænIʃ/v [I] to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained〔尤指难以解释地〕突然不见﹐消失: When I looked again, he’d vanished. 等我再看时﹐他已经不见了。+from The bird vanished from sight . 那鸟儿消失不见了。The smile vanished from her face. 她脸上的笑容消失了。The ship vanished without trace (=disappeared, leaving no sign of what had happened to it). 那艘船消失得无影无踪。
vanishvanishvanishesvanishedvanishingverb (vanishes, vanishing, vanished)to go away; to stop being seensame meaningdisappear: The thief ran into the crowd and vanished.