e·ject /ɪˈdʒekt/ ●○○ verb1 [transitiveT]LEAVE A PLACE to make someone leave a place or building by using force 〔用武力〕驅逐,趕出eject somebody from somethingThe demonstrators were ejected from the hall. 示威者被趕出大廳。
2 [transitiveT] to make someone leave a job or position very quickly 強迫〔某人〕匆匆離職eject somebody from something420 workers have been ejected from their jobs with no warning. 420名工人在沒有任何先兆的情況下被辭退。
3 [transitiveT]SEND to suddenly send something out 噴射;射出Two engines cut out and the plane started to eject fuel as it lost height. 兩個發動機突然熄火,飛機在下降的同時開始噴出燃料。
5. [intransitiveI, transitiveT]T if you eject a disk or a tape, or if it ejects, it comes out of a machine after you have pressed a particular button 〔按鍵將磁帶或光盤從機器中〕彈出 —ejection /ɪˈdʒekʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]