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es·cape /ɪˈskeɪp/ vi. | vt. | n. | a.
I ❶ vi.
1. 逃跑；逃走；逃出；消失
He escaped from prison. 他从监狱里逃跑了。
Newspapers insisted that he had escaped to France. 报上坚称他已逃往法国。
She escaped from marriage to a small boy. 要她与一个小男孩结婚，她逃走了。
He escaped from boredom by travelling extensively. 他到处旅游以解烦闷。
The image escaped from her memory. 那形象从她的记忆中消失了。
He was shot and wounded as he tried to escape into a wooded area. 当试图逃进树林时，他中弹受伤了。
2. 逃脱；逃脱捕获；逃脱惩罚
The infection was so widespread that few escaped. 传染病传播得非常广泛，很少人得以幸免。
Up to this time the thief has escaped. 窃贼至今尚未拿获。
3. (液体或气体)漏出，逸出；发出
Some gas is escaping from the pipe. 煤气管在漏气。
Massive amounts of the gas have escaped from the planet into space. 这种气体从该行星大量逸出进入太空。
4. (航天飞船等)逃逸，脱离
A spaceship will escape from Earth at 11.2 kilometres a second. 航天飞船的速度达到11.2公里/秒时就将脱离地球引力的束缚。
5. 逃避现实
6. 【植】野化
❷ vt.
1. 逃脱；逃避；避免
escape death 死里逃生
escape punishment 逃脱惩罚
escape public notice 避开公众的注意
escape responsibility 逃避责任
escape sb. (sb.'s grasp) 逃脱某人 (某人的控制)
escape police searches 逃过警察的搜查
escape tax 逃税
He went south to escape the English winter. 为了逃避英国的冬天，他去了南方。
He narrowly escaped being drowned. 他差一点给淹死。
The most important artistic treasures have escaped serious damage. 最重要的艺术珍品没有遭到严重毁坏。
2. (不自觉地)从…处发出，由…发出
A scream escaped her lips. 她不由得发出一声尖叫。
The tears escaped her eyes and rolled down her cheeks. 眼泪夺眶而出，滚下她的脸颊。
A little cry of joy (A sound between a sob and a sniff) escaped her. 她不禁发出轻轻的欢呼声 (呜咽抽噎声)。
3. 逃过…的注意；被…忘掉
The change in his grandson did not escape him. 孙子身上的变化没有逃过他的注意。
The more valuable articles escaped the eyes of the thieves. 一些更值钱的物品逃过了窃贼的眼睛。
Your name obstinately escapes me. 我怎么也想不起你的名字。
II n.
1. 逃跑；逃脱；逃避
He jumped into a car and made his escape. 他跳上一辆小汽车逃走了。
He had a narrow escape from a tiger. 他险些在虎口丧命。
2. 逃路；逃跑工具
There was no escape from the trap. 无路可以逃出陷阱。
We used the tunnel as an escape. 我们从地道逃了出去。
3. 逃避现实；消遣，解闷
I don't believe that all art is a mode of escape. 我认为并非所有艺术都是逃避现实的一种方式。
She finds escape in movies. 她以看电影作为消遣。
He reads love stories as an escape. 他阅读爱情小说来解闷。
4. (气体、液体等的)漏泄，逃逸
Can you smell an escape of gas? 你闻到煤气漏气的味道吗?
5. (航天飞行等中的)逃逸，脱离
the problem of escape from the earth by rocket 借助火箭克服地球引力的问题
6. 【植】野化种
7. 【计】退出键 (亦作 escape key)
III a.
1. 逃避现实的；供消遣的
escape literature 借以逃避现实的文学作品
Mysteries belong to the vast category of escape fiction. 疑案故事属于消遣小说这个大范畴。
2. 为了逃跑的；使逃避约束(或规则等)的；排水用的
an escape route 逃跑路线
an escape effort 逃跑的努力
an escape drain 排水沟
3. 善于逃跑的；善于脱身的
[< ONFr escaper < VL excappāre to escape, 原义： to remove one's cloak, free oneself < L ex- out of ＋ LL cappa cloak, cape] |