English Dictionary

escape

/ɪˈskeɪp/

noun

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation. / Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation. / Something that has escaped; an escapee.

The prisoner made a daring escape from the high-security prison.

意味（1）

The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.

意味（2）

Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.

意味（3）

Something that has escaped; an escapee.

But what about the flocks of Waxbills? Are they escapes gone feral, or are they spreading from Africa?

意味（4）

A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.

意味（5）

(computing) escape key

意味（6）

(programming) The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).

You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.

意味（7）

(snooker) A successful shot from a snooker position.

意味（8）

(manufacturing) A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.

意味（9）

(obsolete) That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.

I should have been more accurate, corrected all those former escapes.

意味（10）

(obsolete) A sally.

thousand escapes of wit

意味（11）

(architecture) An apophyge.