单词 | rescue |
释义 | rescue v. & n. --vtr. (rescues, rescued, rescuing)   1. (often foll. by from) save or set free or bring away from attack, custody, danger, or harm.   2. Law a unlawfully liberate (a person). b forcibly recover (property). --n the act or an instance of rescuing or being rescued; deliverance. Phrases and idioms rescue bid Bridge a bid made to get one's partner out of a difficult situation. Derivatives rescuable adj. rescuer n. Etymology: ME rescowe f. OF rescoure f. Rmc, formed as RE- + L excutere (as EX-(1), quatere shake) |
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