| 单词 | escape |
| 释义 | escape v. & n. --v 1. intr. (often foll. by from) get free of the restriction or control of a place, person, etc. 2. intr. (of a gas, liquid, etc.) leak from a container or pipe etc. 3. intr. succeed in avoiding danger, punishment, etc.; get off safely. 4. tr. get completely free of (a person, grasp, etc.). 5. tr. avoid or elude (a commitment, danger, etc.). 6. tr. elude the notice or memory of (nothing escapes you; the name escaped me). 7. tr. (of words etc.) issue unawares from (a person, a person's lips). --n 1. the act or an instance of escaping; avoidance of danger, injury, etc. 2. the state of having escaped (was a narrow escape). 3. a means of escaping (often attrib. : escape hatch). 4. a leakage of gas etc. 5. a temporary relief from reality or worry. 6. a garden plant running wild. Phrases and idioms escape clause Law a clause specifying the conditions under which a contracting party is free from an obligation. escape road a road for a vehicle to turn into if unable to negotiate a bend, descent, etc., safely (esp. on a racetrack). escape velocity the minimum velocity needed to escape from the gravitational field of a body. escape wheel a toothed wheel in the escapement of a watch or clock. Derivatives escapable adj. escaper n. Etymology: ME f. AF, ONF escaper ult. f. med.L (as EX-(1), cappa cloak) |
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