dislocate
/ˈdɪsləʊkeɪt/verb
with obj.
1- disturb the normal arrangement or position of (something, typically a joint in the body)使改变位置; 使(关节)脱位(或脱臼):
he dislocated his shoulder in training.
他在训练中肩膀脱臼。
1.1
- (常作be dislocated)disturb the organization of; disrupt打乱, 扰乱; 中断:
trade was dislocated by a famine.
贸易因一场饥荒而被打乱。
1.2
- (常作be dislocated)move from its proper place or position使错位:
the symbol is dislocated from its political context.
这个符号被用在了脱离其政治背景的地方。
词源
late 16th cent.: probably a back-formation from DISLOCATION, but perhaps from medieval Latin dislocatus 'moved from a former position', from the verb dislocare.