(1)消失，看不見 (disappear or become invisible quickly)[I]：The thin mysterious woman passenger～ed. 瘦瘦的神秘女乘客不見了。(thief)～into the yard(小偷)消失在院子中;(dream)～into thin air (夢(mèng)想)化為烏有;(magician/sb)～in a cloud of smoke/the mist (魔術(shù)師/某人)消失在煙云之中/薄霧中;(sun/airplane)～behind a cloud/over the horizon/into the clouds(太陽/飛機(jī))消失在云后/地平線那邊/云層之中;With a wave of his hand， the magician made the flowers～. 魔術(shù)師手一晃，鮮花便消失了。the physical remains of a～ed culture 昔日文化的遺跡;～ing cream/point 雪花膏/沒影點(diǎn)(消失點(diǎn));〖同〗disappear;〖反〗appear，materialize;
(2)絕跡，煙消云散(pass out of existence)[I](fig)：The pains/hopes have～ed. 疼痛/希望消失了。 The prospects of success～ed. 成功的指望已不復(fù)存在。His anger～ed and he burst out laughing. 他的怒氣煙消云散，突然大笑起來。Some of the animals/plants～ed from the earth. 一些動(dòng)物/植物在地球上絕跡了。〖同〗disappear，cease，end，die，die away，die out，fade away，pass away;〖反〗arrive，begin，start