vanish

verb

/ˈvænɪʃ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they vanish	/ˈvænɪʃ/ /ˈvænɪʃ/
he / she / it vanishes	/ˈvænɪʃɪz/ /ˈvænɪʃɪz/
past simple vanished	/ˈvænɪʃt/ /ˈvænɪʃt/
past participle vanished	/ˈvænɪʃt/ /ˈvænɪʃt/
-ing form vanishing	/ˈvænɪʃɪŋ/ /ˈvænɪʃɪŋ/

Idioms

[intransitive] to disappear suddenly and/or in a way that you cannot explain（莫名其妙地）突然消失
- He turned around and vanished into the house.他转过身，消失在房子里。
- The magician vanished in a puff of smoke.魔术师在一股烟雾中突然不见了。
- My glasses seem to have vanished.我的眼镜似乎不翼而飞了。
- He vanished without trace.他消失得无影无踪。
- I turned around and she had simply vanished.我转过身时她已经没了踪影。
- She vanished into the mist.她消失在薄雾中。
- a man who mysteriously vanished from his home last month上个月从家中神秘失踪的男子
- The boys vanished without trace during a snowstorm.那些男孩在一次暴风雪中消失得无影无踪。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- just
- simply
- abruptly
- …
verb + vanish
- seem to
- make somebody/something
preposition
- from
- into
phrases
- vanish from the face of the earth
- vanish from sight
- vanish into thin air
- …
[intransitive] to stop existing不复存在；消亡；绝迹
- the vanishing woodlands of Europe不断消失的欧洲林地
- All hopes of a peaceful settlement had now vanished.和平解决的全部希望现已化为泡影。
- All thoughts of leaving vanished from his mind.所有离开的念头都从他的脑海中消失了。
- Her feelings of shyness rapidly vanished.她的羞涩很快就消失了。
- Many of these old cinemas have now vanished altogether.很多这样的老影院现今已经绝迹了。
- Much of the land we loved has vanished forever.我们所热爱的土地许多都已经永远地消失了。
- The people who built this temple have long since vanished.修建这座庙宇的人早已不在了。
- This plant is vanishing from our countryside.这种植物在我们的乡村逐渐消失。
- a way of life that has now all but vanished现在差不多已经绝迹的生活方式
- The canal crosses the site of an ancient lake, long since vanished.这条运河穿过一个早已消失的古老湖泊。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
preposition
- from

词源Middle English: shortening of Old French e(s)vaniss-, lengthened stem of e(s)vanir, from Latin evanescere ‘die away’.

Idioms

disappear/vanish off the face of the earth

to disappear completely完全消失；消逝得无影无踪
- Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth.继续找，他们不可能就从此消失得无影无踪的。

disappear, vanish, etc. into thin air

to disappear suddenly in a mysterious way（莫名其妙地）突然消失
- She can’t just have vanished into thin air.她不可能凭空消失了。
- At a stroke she could make things vanish into thin air.她用手碰到什么就能让它消失不见。

do, perform, stage a disappearing/vanishing act

(informal) to go away or be impossible to find when people need or want you隐藏踪迹；潜踪隐迹
- The cat had done a disappearing act.那只猫玩起了失踪。