Discharge



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• v.流出; 释放; 解雇;履行义务
• ［英］ v.流出 ( emit) , 释放 ( release from sth. that confines) ; 解雇 ( to dismiss from employment) ; 履行义务 ( to carry out duty)
• ［类］ 反义词: hire ( 雇佣)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French descharger, from Late Latin discarricare, from Latin dis- + Late Latin carricare to load — more at charge
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to relieve of a charge, load, or burden:
    • a. unload <discharge a cargo ship>
    • b. to release from an obligation
    • c. to release electrical energy from (as a battery or capacitor) by a discharge
  • 2.
    • a. to let or put off <discharge passengers><discharge cargo>
    • b. shoot <discharge an arrow>
    • c. to release from confinement, custody, or care <discharge a prisoner><discharge a patient>
    • d. to give outlet or vent to ; emit <discharge emotions>
  • 3.
    • a.
      • (1) to dismiss from employment
      • (2) to release from service or duty <discharge a soldier>
    • b. to get rid of (as a debt or obligation) by performing an appropriate action (as payment)
    • c. to set aside ; annul
    • d. to order (a legislative committee) to end consideration of a bill in order to bring it before the house for action
  • 4. to bear and distribute (as the weight of a wall above an opening)
  • 5. to bleach out or remove (color or dye) in dyeing and printing textiles
  • 6. to cancel the record of the loan of (a library book) upon return
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden
    • b. to release electrical energy by a discharge
  • 2.
    • a. go off, fire — used of a gun
    • b. spread, run <some dyes discharge>
    • c. to pour forth fluid or other contents
• Synonyms: see perform
• ? dischargeable adjective
• ? dischargee noun
• ? discharger noun

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. the act of relieving of something that oppresses ; release
  • b. something that discharges or releases; especially a certification of release or payment
• 2. ［trn］ the state

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