資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Extricate \Ex"tri*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extricated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Extricating}.] [L. extricatus, p. p. of
   extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments,
   perplexities. Cf. {Intricate}.]
   1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to
      disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person
      from debt, peril, etc.

            We had now extricated ourselves from the various
            labyrinths and defiles.               --Eustance.

   2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat
      or moisture.

   Syn: To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve;
        evolve; set free; liberate.