vt.[(+from)]

1. 用力取出；使勁拔出，抽出
   He tried to extract his pole from the mud.

   他試圖用力將杆子從泥中拔出來。

2. 採掘；提取，提煉
   This substance is extracted from seaweed.

   這種物質是從海藻中提取的。

3. 榨取；吸取；蒸餾取得
4. 設法得到（情報等）
   The police extracted some information from the thief.

   警察從小偷口中問出了一些情況。

5. 摘錄；選用（例子，章節等）
   He extracted some sentences from the book.

   他從那本書中摘錄了幾個句子。

n.

1. 提取物；精，汁[C][U][（+of）]
2. 摘錄；選粹[C][（+from）]
   He read several extracts from the poem.

   他讀了詩中的幾段。

v.

1. remove, especially by effort or force.
   ▸obtain (money, information, etc.) from someone unwilling to give it.
2. obtain (a substance) from something by a special method.
3. select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction.
   ▸derive (an idea) from a situation or source.
4. Mathematics  calculate (a root of a number).

n.

1. a short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.
2. a preparation containing the active ingredient of a substance in concentrated form:
   vanilla extract.