Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #1697
escape
逃跑；逃脱；逃避
The act of escaping from a dangerous or unpleasant place or situation.
- 1.
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
逃离危险或不快境地的行为
- 2.
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
泄漏；渗漏(如蒸汽、液体或电流通过绝缘缺陷)
- 3.
Something that has escaped; an escapee.
逃脱者；逃逸物
- 4.
A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
假期(视为摆脱生活变迁的时光)
- 5.
escape key
退出键
- 6.
The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
转义字符(十进制27或十六进制1B)
- 7.
A successful shot from a snooker position.
斯诺克中成功解球
- 8.
A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
允许有缺陷的产品离开制造厂
- 9.
An apophyge.
柱脚
- 10.
A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.
像野生植物一样生长的栽培植物,由某种方式传播
泄漏；渗漏；漏电；退出键；Esc键；短暂假期；消遣；休憩；逃脱者；逃犯；Esc字符；转义字符
In use
The prisoner made a daring escape from the maximum-security prison.
Reading novels is her favorite escape from the daily grind.
There was a gas escape in the kitchen, so we opened the windows.
Connections
Collocations
- escape route
- 逃生路线
- The building has several emergency escape routes.这栋楼有几条紧急逃生路线。
- escape plan
- 逃跑计划
- They devised an elaborate escape plan.他们制定了一个周密的逃跑计划。
- fire escape
- 防火梯；安全出口
- The fire escape is located at the end of the hallway.防火梯在走廊的尽头。
- narrow escape
- 九死一生；侥幸逃脱
- He had a narrow escape when the tree fell just behind his car.树倒在他车后，他侥幸逃脱。
- escape attempt
- 越狱企图；逃跑尝试
- The prisoner made an escape attempt last night.那名囚犯昨晚企图越狱。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
键盘上的 Esc 键就是 escape 的缩写，按它表示退出或逃离。
Context & Register
混合语体；多用于具体或抽象的逃跑语境，如‘越狱’或‘逃避现实’，正式与非正式场合均常见。
Grammar Note
作名词时，常与 from 连用表示'从...逃脱'，与 of 连用表示'...的泄漏'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words listed share the same ending sound /eɪp/, and thus rhyme with the stressed syllable of 'escape' ( /ɪˈskeɪp/ ).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.