[with obj.]free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty 使摆脱束缚(或困境);解救 he was trying to extricate himself from official duties. 他那时努力想摆脱公务。
派生 extricable adjective extrication noun 语源
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'unravel, untangle'): from Latin extricat- 'unravelled', from the verb extricare, from ex- 'out' + tricae 'perplexities'