英语单词 | supplant |
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英美音标 | [sə'pla:nt] |
中文释义 | vt.排挤掉,代替 |
vocabulary简明 | Kate was out sick for a month with mono, and when she came back to school, Jessie had supplanted her as the funny girl at the lunch table. Supplant means to take the place of. |
vocabulary扩展 | Being supplanted is something that often happens to ideas or ways of thinking. Encouraging children's freedom has supplanted old ideas about children being better seen than heard. After a shocking upset at Wimbledon, a new tennis player has supplanted the reigning champion. |
柯林斯星级 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]替代;取代 If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or thing takes their place. [ [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
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