escape

名词 escape:

1. the act of escaping physically
   同义词：flight
2. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
   同义词：escapism
3. the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container
   同义词：leak, leakage, outflow
4. a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
   同义词：safety valve, relief valve, escape valve, escape cock
5. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
   同义词：evasion, dodging
6. an avoidance of danger or difficulty
7. a means or way of escaping
8. a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

动词 escape:

1. run away from confinement
   同义词：get away, break loose
2. fail to experience
   同义词：miss
3. escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
   同义词：get off, get away, get by, get out
4. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
   同义词：elude
5. issue or leak, as from a small opening
6. remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
   同义词：get away
7. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
   同义词：scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, fly the coop, break away

1. The prisoner has escaped.
   犯人逃走了。
2. The thief jumped into a car and made his escape.
   小偷跳上汽车逃走了。

es.cape

v.（动词）
es.caped,es.cap.ing,es.capes
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To break loose from confinement; get free.
逃走，逃脱：逃脱监禁；得到自由
To issue from confinement or an enclosure; leak or seep out:
漏出：从限制和环绕中流出来；渗漏或泄露：
例句：
Gas was escaping.
煤气漏出来

To avoid capture, danger, or harm:
逃脱，逃避：逃脱捕获、危险或伤害：
例句：
Ten prisoners had escaped.
十个罪犯越狱而逃

Botany To grow beyond a cultivated area.
【植物学】 野生：超出栽培区域的生长
v.tr.（及物动词）
To succeed in avoiding.
逃脱：成功地避免
To break loose from; get free of.
逃避，逃过：逃离；得到自由
To elude the memory or comprehension of:
忘记：超出记忆和理解范围：
例句：
Her name escapes me. The book`s significance escaped him.
我忘了她的名字。他不懂那本书的重要意义

To issue involuntarily from:
发出，流出：（不自觉地）从…处流出，由…发出：
例句：
A sigh escaped my lips.
我不禁叹了口气

n.（名词）
The act or an instance of escaping.
逃跑：逃跑的动作或状况
A means of escaping.
逃跑工具或方法
A means of obtaining temporary freedom from worry, care, or unpleasantness:
逃避现实：从忧虑、担心和不愉快中得到暂时的解脱的方法：
例句：
Television is my escape from worry.
电视是我逃避现实的方法

A gradual effusion from an enclosure; a leakage.
泄漏：从包围物中逐渐渗出的漏出；泄漏
Botany A plant that has become established away from the area of cultivation.
【植物学】 野生种：脱离了耕种地区的植物
Computer Science A key used especially to interrupt a command, exit a program, or change levels within a program.
【计算机科学】 换码，转义，退出，逸出，中断执行：键盘的一个按键，中断一条指令、停止程序运行或者在同一个程序中改变层次

来源：
Middle English escapen
中古英语 escapen
from Old North French escaper
源自 古法国北方方言 escaper
from Vulgar Latin *excapp3re [to get out of one`s cape, get away]
源自 俗拉丁语 *excapp3re [逃脱，摆脱某人的控制]
Latin ex- [ex-]
拉丁语 ex- [除去，离开，出自]
Medieval Latin cappa [cloak]
中世纪拉丁语 cappa [包藏]

【引伸】
escap.able
adj.（形容词）
escap.er
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>escape,avoid,shun,eschew,evade,eludeThese verbs mean to get or stay away from persons or things.
这些单词意思是脱逃或离开人或事物的影响和控制。
Escape can mean to get free, as from confinement, or to remain untouched or unaffected by something unwanted:
Escape 可以指得到自由、像逃离监禁或者指保持不被不想要的东西接触或影响：
例句：
.Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. (Ulysses S. Grant).
.如果能够逃避，就让无罪的人自由吧！. （尤利西斯·S·格兰特）。

例句：
.It is curious . . . what shifts we make to escape thinking. (James Russell Lowell).
.令人好奇的是…我们能采取什么措施来逃脱思考. （詹姆斯·罗斯维尔·洛威尔）。

Avoid always involves an effort to keep away from what is considered to be a source of danger or difficulty:
Avoid 经常与逃离被认为是困难和危险的根源而做出的努力有关：
例句：
avoiding strenuous exercise;
逃避紧张的训练；

例句：
avoided committing herself.
逃避为对她的责任。

Shun refers to deliberately keeping clear of what is unwelcome or undesirable:
Shun 指故意与不喜欢或不想要的事物划清界限：
例句：
.Family friends . . . she shunned like the plague. (John Galsworthy).
她像逃避灾祸一样逃避家族的朋友 （约翰·高尔斯华绥）。

Eschew involves staying clear of something because to do otherwise would be unwise or morally wrong:
Eschew 指逃避做某些事物，因为做这些事是不理智的或在道义上是错误的：
例句：
.Eschew evil, and do good. (Book of Common Prayer).
.不做恶事，做善事. （普通祈祷者手册）。

Evade implies adroit maneuvering and sometimes implies dishonesty or irresponsibility:
Evade 暗指熟练地运用计策、有时也暗指不忠实或不守信用：
例句：
evading capture;
用计谋夺得；

例句：
tried to evade jury duty. Toelude is to get away from artfully:
用计得到陪审团的职务。 Elude 指巧妙地远离：

例句：
elude a blow;
避免灾祸；

例句：
eluded his pursuers.
逃避他的追踪者。

Traditionally,escape is used with from when it means .break loose. and with a direct object when it means .avoid..Thus we might sayThe forger escaped from prison by hiding in a laundry truck, butThe forger escaped prison when he turned in his accomplices in order to get a suspended sentence. In recent years, however,escape has been used with a direct object in the sense .break free of.:
按传统的惯例，escape 与 from 连用意指.脱逃、自由.， 当加直接宾语时意思为.逃避.。因此我们可以说那个伪造者通过藏在厨房的运货车中逃离了监狱， 但却不能说那个伪造者为了得到缓刑供出了他的同伙，因此他没有进监狱。 然而近些年来，escape 与直接宾语连用， 意为.逃脱自由.：
例句：
The craft will acquire sufficient velocity to escape the sun`s gravitational attraction.
飞船将会以足够快的速度来脱离太阳的引力。

This usage is well establishedand should be regarded as standard.
这个用法很有可能被确定下来，将来也许会被看作是标准用法