英语词汇“escape”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

es·cape

(ĭ-skāp)

v. es·caped, es·cap·ing, es·capes

v.intr.

1. To break loose from confinement; get free: escape from jail.

2. To issue from confinement or enclosure; leak or seep out: Gas was escaping from the vent.

3. To avoid a serious or unwanted outcome: escaped from the accident with their lives.

4. Biology To become established in the wild. Used of a plant or animal.

5. Computers To interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program by using a key, combination of keys, or key sequence.

v.tr.

1. To succeed in avoiding: The thief escaped punishment.

2. To break loose from; get free of: The spacecraft escaped Earth's gravitational field.

3. To be outside the memory or understanding of; fail to be remembered or understood by: Her name escapes me. The book's significance escaped him.

4. To issue involuntarily from: A sigh escaped my lips.

1. The act or an instance of escaping.

2. A means of escaping.

3. A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness: Television is my escape from worry.

4. A gradual effusion from an enclosure; a leakage.

5. Biology A cultivated plant or a domesticated or confined animal that has become established in the wild.

6. Computers A key used especially to interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program.

[Middle English escapen, from Old North French escaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, to get out of one's cape, get away : Latin ex-, ex- + Medieval Latin cappa, cloak.]

es·capa·ble adj.

es·caper n.

Usage Note: The pronunciation (ĭk-skāp) is often viewed by many as incorrect and is probably a result of confusion with words beginning with the prefix ex-. The word is properly pronounced without the (k) sound between the short i and the (sk) sound: (ĭ-skāp).

单词	escape
释义	es·cape (ĭ-skāp) v. es·caped, es·cap·ing, es·capes v.intr. 1. To break loose from confinement; get free: escape from jail. 2. To issue from confinement or enclosure; leak or seep out: Gas was escaping from the vent. 3. To avoid a serious or unwanted outcome: escaped from the accident with their lives. 4. Biology To become established in the wild. Used of a plant or animal. 5. Computers To interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program by using a key, combination of keys, or key sequence. v.tr. 1. To succeed in avoiding: The thief escaped punishment. 2. To break loose from; get free of: The spacecraft escaped Earth's gravitational field. 3. To be outside the memory or understanding of; fail to be remembered or understood by: Her name escapes me. The book's significance escaped him. 4. To issue involuntarily from: A sigh escaped my lips. n. 1. The act or an instance of escaping. 2. A means of escaping. 3. A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness: Television is my escape from worry. 4. A gradual effusion from an enclosure; a leakage. 5. Biology A cultivated plant or a domesticated or confined animal that has become established in the wild. 6. Computers A key used especially to interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program. [Middle English escapen, from Old North French escaper, from Vulgar Latin excappāre, to get out of one's cape, get away : Latin ex-, ex- + Medieval Latin cappa, cloak.] es·capa·ble* adj. es·caper n. *Usage Note:* The pronunciation (ĭk-skāp) is often viewed by many as incorrect and is probably a result of confusion with words beginning with the prefix ex-. The word is properly pronounced without the (k) sound between the short i and the (sk) sound: (ĭ-skāp).
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