flee
/fliː/verb
(flees, fleeing; past and past participle fled)no obj.
1- run away from a place or situation of danger(因危险而)逃走, 逃掉:
a man was shot twice as he fled from five masked youths.
一名男子从五个蒙面年轻人身边逃走时中了两枪。
1.1
- with obj. run away from (someone or something)逃离:
he was forced to flee the country
他被迫逃往国外
figurative 〈喻〉 all the rules of the racing school fled my mind.
赛车学校所有的规则都被我忘得一干二净。
词源
Old English flēon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieden and German fliehen.