dismantle
/dɪsˈmæntl/verb
with obj.(常作be dismantled)
- take to pieces拆散：
the engines were dismantled and the bits piled into a heap
发动机被拆散了, 零件堆了一堆
figurative 〈喻〉the old regime was dismantled.
旧政体瓦解了。
派生词
dismantlement
noundismantler
noun词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense 'destroy the defensive capability of (a fortification)'）： from Old French desmanteler, from des- (expressing reversal)+manteler'fortify' （from Latin mantellum 'cloak'）.