| 单词 | escape |
| 释义 | verb | noun escapeescape1 /ɪˈskeɪp/ ●●● S3 W2 verb 1GET AWAY [intransitive, transitive] a)to get away from a place or situation where you are in danger, or when someone is trying to stop you: The girl climbed through a window to escape the fire.escape from/through/over etc. He escaped from a maximum security prison. Clara’s grandparents escaped to Switzerland during World War II. b)to get away from a boring or unpleasant situation: They went to the mountains to escape the summer heat.escape from something Education helps people escape from poverty.THESAURUSget away – to escape from someone who is chasing or holding you: The police ran after him, but he got away.flee formal – to leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from a dangerous situation: The refugees were forced to flee their country.run away/run off – to escape from someone by running: The old man yelled at the kids and they ran away.get out – to escape from a place: I was locked in the room and couldn’t get out.break out – to escape from prison: Several inmates have broken out of the state penitentiary.break free/break away – to escape from someone who is trying to hold you: She broke free and started running.abscond formal – to leave a place secretly and without permission, especially after stealing something: Two employees allegedly absconded with the money.2AVOID [intransitive, transitive] to avoid something bad happening to you: Until now he has managed to escape criticism. The doctors said I was lucky to escape with only minor injuries. The couple narrowly escaped death in the crash (=they came very close to dying).escape unharmed/unhurt The woman in the car escaped unhurt.3FORGET [intransitive, transitive] to do something else in order to forget a bad situation for a short time: People are willing to pay $10 for a movie ticket to escape their problems.4GAS/LIQUID ETC. [intransitive] if gas, liquid, light, heat, etc. escapes from somewhere, it comes out, especially when you do not want it to: A cloud of poisonous gas escaped from the chemical plant.5SOUND [intransitive, transitive] if a sound escapes from someone, he or she accidentally makes that sound: A tired sigh escaped from his lips.6the name/date/title escapes me used to say that you cannot remember a name, date, etc.: I’ve met him before, but his name escapes me.7escape (somebody’s) attention/notice to not be noticed by someone: Nothing escapes Bill’s attention.8there’s no escaping the fact that used to say that something is definitely true, even if you would like to avoid thinking about it: There’s no escaping the fact that our bodies deteriorate as we get older.[Origin: 1200–1300 Old North French escaper, from Late Latin cappa head-covering; from the idea of throwing off something that limits your movement]—escaped adjective [only before noun]: The police are searching for an escaped convict. verb | noun escapeescape2 ●●○ noun 1[countable, uncountable] a)the act of getting away from a place or situation where you are in danger, or when someone is trying to stop you: The boy had no chance of escape.escape from her miraculous escape from the burning plane The three men made a daring escape from jail. b)the act of getting away from a boring or unpleasant situation: escape from There is no escape from the difficulties of growing up.2[singular, uncountable] a way to forget about a bad situation for a short time: Books are a good form of escape.3[countable] the act of avoiding a bad or unpleasant situation that could have affected you: escape from the company’s narrow escape (=a situation in which it almost did not escape) from bankruptcy4[singular, uncountable] an amount of gas, liquid, etc. that comes out of a place where it is being kept, or an occasion when this happens: the escape of heat from the atmosphere → see also fire escape |
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