dislocated
移位的
科技
dislocated[ adj ]
separated at the joint
<adj.all>
a dislocated kneea separated shoulder
Dislocate \Dis"lo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dislocated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Dislocating}.] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of
dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See
{Locus}.]
To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a
bone: To remove from its normal connections with a
neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its
socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. --Shak.
After some time the strata on all sides of the globe
were dislocated. --Woodward.
And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of
joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set
right again. --Fuller.
dislocated \dislocated\ adj.
separated at the joint; -- used especially of limbs; as, a
dislocated knee.
Syn: disjointed, separated.
[WordNet 1.5]
- Declared a 'dislocated worker' by New York state, he was retrained as a typesetter.
- Montcouquiol suffered four broken or dislocated vertebrae that paralyzed his arms, legs and respiratory system, said neurological specialists at La Timone hospital in Marseilles.
- The 1982 federal law encourages businesses to train disadvantaged or dislocated workers and place them in local jobs.
- He is in critical condition with a fractured spine, broken ribs, a dislocated hip and possibly a broken knee.
- So did France's Christine Marneffe, whose J'aimerais tant rester looked like a film noir in serious trouble. Minimal steps; good lighting; two couples and dislocated activities were the ingredients.
- This year's 12-hour racers suffered several sprained ankles, a dislocated shoulder and numerous bruises and burns.
- He said he is committed to "close bipartisan cooperation" on the trade negotiations and pledged to ensure "adequate assistance and effective retraining for dislocated workers."
- The panel suggests that income support for dislocated workers "should be of adequate duration to support substantive training and job search, but not too attractive in its own right."
- At least 500,000 of Iraq's 3.5 million Kurds were forcibly dislocated, it said.
- Social workers want to force surgery on 6-year-old Kou Xiong to repair the condition and another birth defect, a dislocated hip. The boy's parents believe spirits inflicted the deformities on him to punish the family for an ancestor's wrongs.
- We played cat and mouse for a very short while." The night Halyburton was thrown into his cell, Cherry was suffering a dislocated shoulder and a broken foot, along with the starvation and depression both suffered.
- He also broke several toes and dislocated his left knee and right heel.
- Ineffective programs to assist dislocated workers would be replaced by an expanded $1 billion worker readjustment program (WRAP) carefully designed to help those displaced from their jobs move quickly into new careers.
- He was told that regional authorities could not find room for the dislocated soldiers, Red Star reported.
- Also, a pin on the defroster system can become dislocated, which could prevent the defroster from opening.
- Eight lesser injuries, including dislocated elbows and knees and broken collarbones, were reported.
- The outcome became even more bizarre when it was learned that Martinez had dislocated a shoulder in the first round, and might have been disqualified himself if George had hung in longer.