頂替：新的補上舊的位置
這一組把重點放在「那個位置換了主人」：原本佔著位置的東西走了，新的接上。無論是人接班、東西更新、還是弄一個新的補回丟掉壞掉的，都是同一件事——那個位置由新的來填。
replace with something new · verb · B1
To take away a person or thing and put a new one there instead.
更換／替換
核心畫面
You can picture 'replace' as putting one thing into the spot where another thing was: the old one leaves, a new one goes into that place. The 're-' carries 'back / again', and 'place' is the spot — so the whole word is 'put into the place (again)'.
可以想成把一個東西放進「另一個東西原本所在的那個位置」：舊的離開，新的補上那個空位。字首 re- 帶著「回、再一次」…更多收起
可以想成把一個東西放進「另一個東西原本所在的那個位置」：舊的離開，新的補上那個空位。字首 re- 帶著「回、再一次」，place 是「位置」，合起來就是「（再）放到那個位置上」。From the word’s history
From re- 'back, again' + place (verb) 'to put in a spot'. First 'to restore to a former place' (1590s); the sense 'to fill the place of with something else / take the place of' came later. Both grow from the single image of putting something into a place.
由 re-（回、再）＋ place（放到某位置）組成，最早是「放回原本的位置」（1590 年代），後來才長出「用別的東西填補那個位置／頂替」的意思。兩邊都從「把東西放進一個位置」這個畫面長出來。
etymonline.com/word/replace; etymonline.com/word/re-
Two branches
放回原位
這一支扣的是 re-「回」的那半：不是換成別的，而是把同一個東西放回它本來的位置。跟「頂替」相反——位置的主人沒變，只是回到原處。
put back in place · verb · B1
To return something to the spot it came from.
放回
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
replaceverb/ɹɪˈpleɪs/
- 1
To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
- When you've finished using the telephone, please replace the handset.
- The earl...was replaced in his government.
- 2
To refund; to repay; to pay back.
- You can take what you need from the petty cash, but you must replace it tomorrow morning.
- 'Of course I should like to replace the damage,' said the delinquent.
- 3
To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
- I replaced my car with a newer model.
- The batteries were dead so I replaced them.
- 4
To take over the position or role from.
- Perplexed, Wheeler continues to play for a moment or two, keeping to his own internal time. But after another moment it becomes clear that something is wrong, something which everybody can see but him. He steals a glance up from his instrument, and finds that Luján is staring at him. In fact, every musician in the orchestra is staring at him, all of them wearing the same expression of stony, barely-contained ang— They've been replaced.
- 5
To take the place of; to be used instead of.
- This security pass replaces the one you were given earlier.
- This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration.
- 6
To demolish (a building) and build an updated form of that building in its place.
- 7
rareTo place again.
- During the bench press, it is prohibited in any federation to lift your butt from contact with the bench after you have started a bona fide attempt to perform the lift. Once you unrack the bar and begin descending it to your chest, your butt must stay in contact with the bench until you replace the bar on the rack.
- 8
rareTo put in a new or different place.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。