discharge
Definitions
To release or send out (energy, fluid, or a substance)
释放，排放
To officially release someone (from hospital, the military, a job)
准许离开；解雇；退伍
The act of releasing, or the substance released
释放；排出物，分泌物
Root Breakdown
Native Englishdis- (un-, reverse) + charge (load) = to unload. If charge is loading a cart, a weapon, or a battery, discharge is unloading it: release energy, release a patient, release someone from duty. charge is the carricare ('load a cart') variant of car.
Root car still carries 96 more wordsUsage Guide
Stress shift: noun DIS-charge, verb dis-CHARGE. Wide range of registers: medical (discharged from hospital; nasal discharge), military (honorably discharged), electrical (battery discharge), legal (discharge a debt/duty).
Example Sentences
- 1.
The patient was discharged from hospital yesterday.
- 2.
The factory discharges waste into the river.
- 3.
He received an honorable discharge from the army.