disengaging [
'disin'geidʒiŋ]
分离, 解开, 脱扣
绝缘的
Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disengaged}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disengaging}.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F.
d['e]sengager.]
To release from that with which anything is engaged,
engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach;
to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from
a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath,
promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a
favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be
borrowed. --Milton.
Caloric and light must be disengaged during the
process. --Transl. of
Lavoisier.
Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle;
detach; withdraw; wean.
Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a.
Loosing; setting free; detaching.
{Disengaging machinery}. See under {Engaging}.
- With the Soviet enemy gone and Afghan factions vying for political ascendancy, "the logic of the Afghan situation argues that we should be disengaging, (rather than) plunging in more deeply," he said in congressional testimony.
- A peg gives that wheel an extra push every 100 years, thus disengaging the calendar mechanism on three out of four century years to skip the leap year.
- As the 22 brigades of rebels were apparently gradually disengaging to pull back across the border into Iraq, rebel commanders have said they did not plan to hold Mehran, whose civilian population fled years ago.