escape
英 [?'ske?p; e-]
美[??skep]
- vt. 逃避，避開，避免；被忘掉；被忽視
- vi. 逃脫；避開；溜走；（氣體，液體等）漏出；（未受傷或只受了一點傷害而）逃脫；聲音（不自覺地）由…發出
- n. 逃跑；逃亡；逃走；逃跑工具或方法；野生種；泄漏
英英釋意
- 1. 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"
- 2. 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"
- 3. the unwanted 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"
- 4. a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
- 5. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do;
- "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"
- "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
- 6. an avoidance of danger or difficulty;
- "that was a narrow escape"
- 7. a means or way of escaping;
- "hard work was his escape from worry"
- "they installed a second hatch as an escape"
- "their escape route"
- 8. a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
