消xiāo ❶ （消失） disappear; vanish: 红肿已 ～。 The swelling has gone down. 他的气 ～ 了。 He has cooled down. 云 ～ 雾散。The clouds dispersed and the fog lifted. 在真相面前谣言不得不 ～ 声匿迹。 The rumour had to disappear before facts.
❷ (使消失； 消除) eliminate; dispel; remove: ～ 去一个未知数 eliminate an unknown quantity; ～ 痰 reduce phlegm; ～ 烟除尘 eliminate smoke and dust
❸ (度过； 消遣) pass the time in a leisurely way; while away (the time): ～ 夏 pass the summer in a leisurely way
❹ [方] (需要， 前面常有“不、只、何”等) need; take: 不 ～ 说 needless to say; it goes without saying; 来回只 ～ 一个星期。It takes only a week to get there and back.
◆消癌菌素 carzinocidin; 消波 wave absorption; 消草醚 fluorodifen; Soyex; Preforan; Prehoran; fluorodi￣ phen; 消沉 downhearted; low-spirited; dejected; depressed; 消愁解闷 relieve the loneliness and grief; banish boredom; disencumber one's mind of care; divert oneself from boredom; dispel depression [melancholy]; dispel melancholy and worry; end all care; 消愁破闷 dispel melancholy and break the thrall of boredom; 消除 eliminate; dispel; remove; clear up; wipe off; 消除隐患 remove a hidden danger; 消磁 demagnetization; demagnetizing; degaussing; field discharge; 消胆胺脂 {药} cholestyramine; 消导 {中医} cure indigestion; helping digestion and removing accumulation; 消电离 {电} deionization; deion; 消毒 disinfect; sterilize; degassing; eliminate the pernicious influence; wipe out pernicious [baneful] influence; 消毒柜 disinfection cabinet; 消防 extinguishing and protection; fire control; fire fighting; fire protection; put out fire; fight fire; 消防队 fire brigade; fire company; hose company; 消防用水龙 turret; 消费 consume; consumption; 消费品 consumption goods; consumer goods; articles of consumption; 消费品市场 consumer goods market; 消费倾向 propensity to consumption; 消费者 consumer; 消费者权益 consumer rights and interests; 消费者协会 the association of consumers; association of consumers; 消费者用户满意产品 client and user satisfaction products; 消风散 {中药} Xiaofeng San; 消光 extinction; absorbance; mat￣ ting; {纺} deluster; frosting; flaking; 消耗 consume; use up; expend; deplete; [书] message; 消号 disannul a call; 消化 digestion; digest; 消化道 alimentary canal; primae viae; digestive tract; alimentary tract; 消化性溃疡 peptic ulcer; 消化液 digestive juice; 消火花（的） antispark; 消火栓 fire hydrant; fire cock; 消极 negative; passive; inactive; 消极悲观 remain passive and pessimistic; 消极旁观 look on passively; 消减（作用） {地} subduction; 消解 clear up; dispel; 消渴 drinking and urine; symptom- complex of excessive eating; 消力器 accumulator; 消零 {自} zero suppression; zero blanking; zero elimination; 消螨酚 Dinitrocyclohexylphenol; [法] pédinex; 消弭 put an end to; avert; prevent; 消弭祸患 soothe catastrophe; 消灭 perish; die out; pass away; annihilate; eliminate; abolish; exterminate; eradicate; wipe out; 消泯 eliminate; exterminate; 消磨 wear down; fritter away; while away; idle away; 消沫剂 defoaming agent; 消能 energy dissipation; 消泡剂 No Foam; defoamer; antifoaming agents; defoaming agents; 消痞散结 {中医} dissolving lump and resolving mass; 消气 cool down; be mollified; 消遣 divert [amuse] oneself; while away the time; pastime; diversion; 消遣解闷 divert oneself in; 消遣消遣 have a little relaxation; 消去 {数} cancellation; elimination; 消融 melt; 消散 scatter and disappear; dissipate; slake; evanish; {医} elimination; 消色 achromat￣ ism; decoloration; 消声 {建} noise elimination; damping; soundproofing; 消失 disappear; vanish; dissolve; die away; fade away; 消失不见 vanish from sight; 消石灰 slaked lime; 消食 help to digest; help digestion; 消食导滞 {中医} promoting digestion; 消蚀 ablation; 消逝 die away; fade away; vanish; elapse; 消释 clear up; dispel; 消受 enjoy; endure; bear; 消瘦 become thin; emaciated; become emaciated; {医} marasmus; maransis; macies; asarcia; wasting; emaciation; symptosis; tabes￣ cence; tabification; 消暑 take a summer holiday; relieve summer heat; 消水肿药 anthydropic; 消损 wear and tear; wear down; grow less and less; wear off; 消痰 dissolving phlegm; 消退 degrade; fade away; gradually vanish; 消亡 wither away; die out; extinct; {地} subduction; 消雾 fog dispersal; 消息 news; information; tidings; news; 消夏 spend the summer at leisure; take a summer holiday; 消闲 kill time; pass time idly; 消项 cancelling of (the) terms; 消歇 [书] stop; fade away; 消烟 smoke abatement; 消炎 {医} diminish inflammation; reduce inflammation; dephlogisticate; allay inflammation; 消焰器 flame trap; flash hider; 消夜 [方] midnight snack; have a midnight snack; 消音 erasure; noise reduction; 消隐 {电} blanking; black-out; quenching; blank; 消疣剂 ectylotic; 消忧解愁 allay grief [sorrow]; relieve sb. from anxiety; 消元法 elimination; elimination of unknowns; method of elimination; 消晕作用 anti- halation; 消灾 remove (impending) ill fortune; 消灾降福 bring good luck and ward off calamities; get rid of calamities and bring happiness; 消长 growth and decline; 消帐 cross off account; balance account; 消震 shock absorption; weakening; 消痔术 {医} hemorrhoidolysis; 消肿 {医} apocatastasis; subsidence of a swelling; detumescence 消xiāoresolve; disperse; eliminate |