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  • Conjugation : past  displaced ; ing  displacing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

displace [dɪs'pleɪs]
  1. 1. vt. (supplant) 取代
  2. 2. vt. [+people] to be displaced 背井离乡

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

displace [dɪs 'ples] [dɪs 'pleɪs]
  1. 1. vt. 移置,移开,迁移转移,(尤指)迫使某人离开家园(或祖国
  2. 2. vt. 使免除,把…免职撤换撤职
  3. 3. vt. [navigation] 顶替,以…代替接替替换取代某人的)职位排出…量的水,排(水
    A ship displaces a certain amount of water.
    这艘船排出一定量的水。

Collins English-English Dictionary

displace [dɪs'pleɪs]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to move from the usual or correct location
  2. 2. vt. to remove from office or employment
  3. 3. vt. to occupy the place of; replace; supplant
  4. 4. vt. to force (someone) to leave home or country, as during a war
  5. 5. vt. [chem] to replace (an atom or group in a chemical compound) by another atom or group
  6. 6. vt. [physics] to cause a displacement of (a quantity of liquid, usually water of a specified type and density)

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