displacement
displacement
noun
[mass noun]
noun
[mass noun]
- the moving of something from its place or position
移位；转移
vertical displacement of the shoreline.
海岸线的竖直位移。
[count noun]a displacement of the vertebra at the bottom of the spine.
尾椎错位。
■the removal of someone or something by someone or something else which takes their place
代替；取代
males may be able to resist displacement by other males.
雄性可能会抗拒被别的雄性取代。
■the enforced departure of people from their homes, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster
（多指战争、迫害或自然灾害造成的）人们的离家
the displacement of farmers by guerrilla activity.
游击队活动造成的农民的背井离乡。
■[count noun]the amount by which a thing is moved from a position
移动距离
a displacement of 6.8 metres along the San Andreas fault.
沿着圣安德列亚斯断层移动6.8米。 - the occupation by a submerged body or part of a body of a volume which would otherwise be occupied by a fluid. the amount or weight of fluid that would fill such a volume in the case of a floating ship, used as a measure of the ship's size
排水量
the submarine has a surface displacement of 2,185 tons.
该潜艇的水面排水量是2,185吨。
■(technical)the volume swept by a reciprocating system, as in a pump or engine
(技)（循环系统，如泵或发动机的）排量 - (Psychoanalysis)the unconscious transfer of an intense emotion from one object to another
(心理分析)移位；移置作用；情感转移
this phobia was linked with the displacement of fear of his father.
这种恐惧症和对他父亲的畏惧的移置作用有关。 - (Physics)the component of an electric field due to free separated charges, regardless of any polarizing effects
(物理)电位移
■the vector representing such a component the flux density of such an electric field
排量
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