dislocation
英 [,dɪslə(ʊ)'keɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,dɪslo'keʃən]
- n. 转位；混乱；[医] 脱臼
英英释意
- 1. an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
- 2. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue;
- "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"
- "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
- 3. a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)