Escape

[ɪ'skeɪp;e-] or [ɪˈskep]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of escaping physically; 'he made his escape from the mental hospital'; 'the canary escaped from its cage'; 'his flight was an indication of his guilt'.

(noun.) a means or way of escaping; 'hard work was his escape from worry'; 'they installed a second hatch as an escape'; 'their escape route'.

(noun.) an avoidance of danger or difficulty; 'that was a narrow escape'.

(noun.) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; 'romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life'; 'his alcohol problem was a form of escapism'.

(noun.) the discharge of a fluid from some container; 'they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe'; 'he had to clean up the leak'.

(noun.) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild.

(verb.) issue or leak, as from a small opening; 'Gas escaped into the bedroom'.

(verb.) run away from confinement; 'The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison'.

(verb.) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; 'We escaped to our summer house for a few days'; 'The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer'.

艾德蒙編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

(v.) To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.

(v. i.) To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.

(v. i.) To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.

(v. i.) To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.

(n.) The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.

(n.) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression.

(n.) A sally.

(n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody.

(n.) An apophyge.

(n.) Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.

(n.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation.

整理:谢尔登

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Avoid, shun, evade, elude, flee from, get out of the way of.[2]. Pass unobserved.

v. n. [1]. Flee, fly, abscond, decamp, VAMOSE, ABSQUATULATE, SLOPE, make or effect one's escape, make off, steal away, hasten away, slink away, run away, break loose, break away, gain one's freedom, whip off, take one's self off, beat a retreat, take to one's heels, cut and run, take French leave, be among the missing.[2]. Slip, pass, go by, slip through the fingers, be passed over, be omitted.

n. [1]. Flight.[2]. Release (from threatened danger).

欧文校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Elude, decamp, abscond, fly, flee, evade, avoid

ANT:Incur, confront, encounter, meet, suffer

希拉里校對

解釋/意思:

v.t. to free from: to pass unobserved: to evade: to issue.—v.i. to flee and become safe from danger: to be passed without harm.—n. act of escaping: flight from danger or from prison.—adj. Escap′able.—ns. Escapāde′ an escape: a mischievous freak; Escāpe′ment act of escaping: means of escape: part of a timepiece connecting the wheelwork with the pendulum or balance and allowing a tooth to escape at each vibration; Escape′-valve a valve on a boiler so as to let the steam escape when wanted.

編輯:拉维恩