By the 1930s, the wolf had vanished from the American West.
到20世纪30年代,狼已经在美国西部绝迹了。
Public support for the prime minister has now vanished.
民众现在已不支持首相。
Examples from the Corpus
vanish• All hopes of finding the boyalive have vanished.• When she returned, her car had vanished.• Once it began it would go on for days, and then as inexplicably vanish.• The pain in his arm and neck had vanished.• Statistics show that Santa Clara's farmland is vanishing.• The snowflakesvanished as they touched the ground.• The Shatin ricefields have long vanished beneath a new town of skyscrapers and motorways.• Smithvanished from Heathrow Airport in 1969 and is believed to be living in Florida.• The planevanished from radarscreens soon after taking off.• Within a few seconds it flew on again, vanishing from sight and hearing.• Before she could scream, the man had vanished into the night.• The last of the police cars sped past and vanished into the storm.• The company that supplied the missingcargo seems to have vanished into thin air.• Like so many dancecrazes, the "moonwalk' was popular for a while in the clubs, then vanished without a trace.
vanished into thin air• A woman friendsaw her driving out of town a few minutes later; after that she just vanished into thin air.• It was almost as if he'd vanished into thin air.• Maybe each and every one of them had vanished into thin air.
Originvanish
(1300-1400)Old Frenchevanir, from Vulgar Latinexvanire, from Latinevanescere; → EVANESCENT
1disappear suddenly and completely突然消失殆盡ADVERB | VERB + VANISH | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤just, simply不見了踪影;踪跡全無◇I turned around and she had simply vanished.我轉過身時她已經沒了踪影。➤abruptly, instantly, promptly, suddenly突然消失;頃刻間不見了踪跡;迅速消失▸➤quickly, rapidly馬上/很快消失◇Her feelings of shyness rapidly vanished.她的羞澀很快就消失了。➤mysteriously神秘地消失◇a man who mysteriously vanished from his home last month上個月從家中神秘失踪的男子VERB + VANISH➤seem to彷彿消失▸➤make sb/sth使⋯消失PREPOSITION➤from從⋯消失◇All thoughts of romance vanished from his mind.他腦海中所有浪漫的想法都消失了。➤into消失在⋯中◇She vanished into the mist.她消失在薄霧中。PHRASES➤vanish from the face of the earth, vanish from sight, vanish into thin air從地球表面消失;從視野中消失;消失不見◇At a stroke she could make things vanish into thin air.她用手碰到什麼就能讓它消失不見。➤vanish without trace消失得無影無踪vanish
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2disappear over a period of time消亡ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤altogether, completely, entirely, totally絕跡;完全消亡◇Many of these old cinemas have now vanished altogether.很多這樣的老影院現今已經絕跡了。➤all but, almost, nearly, virtually差不多消失;幾乎絕跡;近乎消亡◇a way of life that has now all but vanished現在差不多已經絕跡的生活方式➤long since很久以前已消失◇The people who built this temple have long since vanished.修建這座廟宇的人早已不在了。➤forever永遠消失◇Much of the land we loved has vanished forever.我們所熱愛的土地許多都已經永遠地消失了。➤away煙消雲散PREPOSITION➤from從⋯消失◇This plant is vanishing from our countryside.這種植物在我們的鄉村逐漸消失。