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extricate
[extricate 词源字典]
extricate:
see
trick
[extricate etymology, extricate origin, 英语词源]
extricate (v.)
1610s, from Latin
extricatus
, past participle of
extricare
"disentangle," figuratively "clear up, unravel," perhaps from
ex-
"out of" +
tricae
(plural) "perplexities, hindrances," which is of unknown origin. Related:
Extricated
;
extricating
.