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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

消失 [xiāoshī]
  1. 1. verb vanish

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

消失 [xiāoshī]
  1. 1. disappear; vanish; dissolve; die (or fade) away; evaporate; go
    痛楚消失了。
    The pain subsided.
    消失在人群中
    be lost in a crowd
    消失在浓雾中
    disappear in the dense fog
  2. 2. disappearance

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

消失 [xiāoshī]
  1. 1. 隐去;失踪
    飞机消失在云层里。
    这个人突然消失了。
  2. 2. 事物或事物的功能不再存在
    视力渐渐消失了。
    这个小湖在地球上消失了。

Examples

凝望着他逐渐消失的背影
gaze at his receding figure
轮船在远处消失了,而她仍然怅惘地站在江边。
Even after the steamship had sailed out of sight, she still stood in a daze on the pier.
她看见一个人影儿在黑暗中消失了。
She caught sight of a figure disappearing into the darkness.
雾气逐渐消失,重叠的山峦一层一层地显现出来。
As the mist lifted, the mountains revealed themselves one behind the other.
消失在人群中
be lost in a crowd
她肺部的癌肿奇迹般地消失了。
The lung cancer has miraculously vanished.
他手术后依然昏昏沉沉,估计是麻醉药的残效还没有完全消失
He still felt dazed after the operation. The narcotic must still be effecting him.
《西游记》里说,人参果堕地就会消失不见。
In the Journey to the West, a Chinese novel, the ginseng disappears the moment it falls off the tree and hits the ground.

Collocations

声音消失
to die away
自动消失
to disappear
渐渐消失
to vanish gradually
消失的文明
a lost civilization
消失殆尽
to fade away

Word Decomposition


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