replace
英[rɪ'pleɪs]
美[rɪ'ples]
- vt. 取代，代替；替换，更换；归还，偿还；把…放回原处
英英释意
- 1. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected);
- "He replaced the old razor blade"
- "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"
- "the insurance will replace the lost income"
- "This antique vase can never be replaced"
- 2. take the place or move into the position of;
- "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"
- "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"
- "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
- 3. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items;
- "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"
- "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"
- 4. put something back where it belongs;
- "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"
- "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"