1. vt.（费力地）拔出，抽出　pull or take out, especially with effort or difficulty
2. vt.提取，榨出　remove with a machine or instrument or by chemical means

　The dentist extracted her wisdom tooth.　牙医拔出了她的智牙。
　We can extract oil from shale.　我们可以从页岩中提取石油。
　Language teachers often extract examples from dictionaries.　语言教师常从词典中摘引例句。
　He always manages to extract some humor from every situation.　他总是设法从各种场合中找出某些幽默之处。

1. C 摘录，引用　a passage of written or spoken matter that has been taken from a longer work
2. U C 提炼物，浓缩物　 a product obtained by extracting

　make ～　精选，摘录
　read ～　阅读选录
　reproduce ～　复制选录
　meat ～　肉汁
　～ from　从…摘录

　These are all extracts from the long poem.　这些都是从那长诗中节选的。
　The article was choice extract from her writings.　这篇文章是从她的著作中摘录出来的精粹。
　He likes drinking lemon extract.　他喜欢喝柠檬汁。
　Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the milk shake.　在雪果中加一茶匙香草精。

　［同义词］ v. draw out, get, obtain, take out n. essence, excerpt
　［反义词］ v. inject, insert
　［词源］拉丁语extractus（把所需的抽出来）