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- escape [ɪs'keɪp]
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(from prison) 逃跑
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2.
noun
a narrow/lucky escape (from accident) 九死一生
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3.
noun
[c/u]
(from person) 逃脱
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4.
noun
[c]
[fig]
逃避
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5.
vi.
(get away) 逃走
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6.
vi.
(from jail) 逃跑
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7.
vi.
to escape unhurt (from accident) 安然逃脱
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8.
vi.
[gas, liquid, heat+]
(leak) 漏出
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9.
vt.
[+injury]
避免
- to escape from
- [+place] 从...逃跑
- 10. vt. [+person] 避开
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(from prison) 逃跑
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- escape [ə 'skep] [ɪs 'keɪp]
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1.
vi.
逃跑，逃脱，逃走，逃出；摆脱；挣脱，越（狱）
- The thief has escaped.
- 小偷已经逃跑了。
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2.
vi.
逃避，避免（疾病、痛苦、事故等），免除
- Two were injured, but he escaped.
- 两人受了伤，但他幸免了。
- 3. vi. 漏出，渗出，逸出，流出，流掉
- 4. vi. 疏忽，忽略；消失，忘掉，被遗忘
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5.
vi.
[botany]
野化，退化
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6.
vt.
（从…）逃脱，逃离，逃避
- to escape pursurers
- 逃避追踪者
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7.
vt.
避免，使免于；躲避
- to escape punishment
- 逃避惩罚
- 8. vt. 无意识（或无心）地从…处发出；被…禁不住地说出
- 9. vt. 未被觉察，未受注意，没有被…注意到，躲开（别人的注意）；被遗忘，被…忘掉，忘记
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10.
noun
逃跑，逃亡，逃脱，逃走，逃逸
- His attempted escape from prison was a failure.
- 他企图越狱的想法彻底落空了。
- 11. noun 逃避（现实）
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12.
noun
逃脱的状况
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13.
noun
逃脱的途径，逃路；出口，太平门；退水闸；逸水门
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14.
noun
流出；漏气，漏出；排泄
- At Chernobyl in 1986, there was a large escape of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere.
- 1986年，在切尔诺贝利，有大量的核物质泄入了大气。
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15.
noun
[botany]
野化植物，退化植物
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16.
adjective
逃避（现实）的
- 17. adjective 使逃跑成为可能的，用以逃脱的，应急的
- 18. adjective 例外的，免责的
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1.
vi.
逃跑，逃脱，逃走，逃出；摆脱；挣脱，越（狱）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- escape [ɪ'skeɪp]
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1.
vb
to get away or break free from (confinements, captors, etc)
- the lion escaped from the zoo
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2.
n
escape valve escape cock a valve that releases air, steam, etc, above a certain pressure; relief valve or safety valve
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3.
vb
to manage to avoid (imminent danger, punishment, evil, etc)
- to escape death
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4.
vi.
[intr;
usually foll by from] (of gases, liquids, etc) to issue gradually, as from a crack or fissure; seep; leak- water was escaping from the dam
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to elude; be forgotten by
- the actual figure escapes me
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to be articulated inadvertently or involuntarily
- a roar escaped his lips
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7.
vi.
[intr]
(of cultivated plants) to grow wild
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8.
n
the act of escaping or state of having escaped
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9.
n
avoidance of injury, harm, etc
- a narrow escape
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10.
n
a means or way of escape
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11.
n
(as modifier)
- an escape route
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12.
n
a means of distraction or relief, esp from reality or boredom
- angling provides an escape for many city dwellers
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13.
n
a gradual outflow; leakage; seepage
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14.
n
a plant that was originally cultivated but is now growing wild
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15.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Old Northern French escaper, from Vulgar Latin excapp
a re (unattested) to escape (literally: to remove one's cloak, hence free oneself), fromex- 1 + Late Latin cappa cloak
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1.
vb
to get away or break free from (confinements, captors, etc)
Examples
- to escape pursurers
- 逃避追踪者 → escape
- to escape punishment
- 逃避惩罚 → escape
- Movies are her escape.
- 看电影是她对现实的逃避。 → escape
- an escape hatch
- (危急时的)出口，应急出口；(摆脱困境等的)出路；(解决困难等的)办法 → escape
- Rain favored his escape.
- 雨天有利于他的逃跑。 → favor
- a hairbreadth escape
- 死里逃生 → hairbreadth
- However did he escape?
- 他究竟用何种方法逃脱的? → however
- a narrow escape
- 险脱，九死一生 → narrow
- an escape clause
- (贸易等的)例外条款，免责条款 → escape
- The burglar attempted to escape, but the police caught him.
- 窃贼企图逃跑，但被警察抓住了。 → attempt
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