dislocate

Word family

dis·lo·cate /ˈdɪsləkeɪt $ -loʊ-/ verb [transitiveT]

1 MIINJUREto move a bone out of its normal position in a joint, usually in an accident 使〔关节〕脱位，使脱臼

I dislocated my shoulder playing football.

踢足球时我的肩膀脱了臼。

► see thesaurus at hurt

2 SPOIL formal to spoil the way in which a plan, system, or service is arranged, so that it cannot work normally 扰乱，破坏〔计划、制度或服务的正常安排〕 SYN disrupt

Communications were temporarily dislocated by the bad weather.

因天气恶劣通信暂时不畅。

—dislocated adjectiveadj

a dislocated elbow

脱臼的肘部

—dislocation /ˌdɪsləˈkeɪʃən $ -loʊ-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

a period of economic dislocation

经济混乱的一段时期

Examples from the Corpus

dislocate• Hawkins dislocated a shoulder in the third game of the season.• They had thought he'd split a kidney as well as fracturing an elbow and dislocating a shoulder.• Viewers were treated to pictures of skulls, arms, legs and dislocated bodies.• Thousands of workers have been dislocated by recent military base closures.• Through these planes the bodies of the fish, fragmented and dislocated, can be traced in a series of subsidiary diagonals.• Fredrickson dislocated his right shoulder early in the second quarter and did not return to the game.• Sam dislocated his shoulder in riding accident.• My son Nayib broke his collarbone and Emilio broke a rib and dislocated his shoulder.

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

BNC: 18923 COCA: 18786

dislocate