uncouple
- IPA[ˌənˈkəp(ə)l]
美式
- disconnect (something, especially a railroad vehicle that has been coupled to another)；become disconnected
verb: uncouple, 3rd person present: uncouples, gerund or present participle: uncoupling, past tense: uncoupled, past participle: uncoupled
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. disconnect (something, especially a railroad vehicle that has been coupled to another) they uncoupled the engine public housing rents will be uncoupled from income
- ▪ become disconnected I have seen marriages uncouple under the strain the groups of cells commonly uncouple from surrounding tissue
- ▪ release (hunting dogs) from being fastened together in couples.
