Engelsk navneord: escape | |||
1. | escape (om handling) the act of escaping physically | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He made his escape from the mental hospital. The canary escaped from its cage. His flight was an indication of his guilt. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | flight | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | running away | ||
Mere specifikke termer | break, breakout, evasion, exodus, gaolbreak, getaway, hegira, hejira, jailbreak, lam, prison-breaking, prisonbreak, skedaddle | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Hegira, Hejira, Underground Railroad, Underground Railway | ||
2. | escape (om handling) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life. His alcohol problem was a form of escapism. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | escapism | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | diversion, recreation | ||
3. | escape (om handling) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible. That escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | dodging, evasion | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance | ||
Mere specifikke termer | circumvention, escape mechanism, goldbricking, goofing off, malingering, shirking, skulking, slacking, soldiering | ||
4. | escape (om handling) an avoidance of danger or difficulty | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | That was a narrow escape. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away | ||
5. | escape (om handling) a means or way of escaping | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Hard work was his escape from worry. They installed a second hatch as an escape. Their escape route. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | agency, means, way | ||
6. | escape (om plante) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | flora, plant, plant life | ||
7. | escape (om begivenhed) the discharge of a fluid from some container | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe. He had to clean up the leak. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | leak, leakage, outflow | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | discharge, outpouring, run | ||
8. | escape (om genstand) 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 | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | escape cock, escape valve, relief valve, safety valve | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | regulator, valve | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: escape | |||
1. | escape (om bevægelse) run away from confinement | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | break loose, get away | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | flee, fly, take flight | ||
Mere specifikke termer | bilk, break, break away, break out, elude, escape, escape from, evade, get away, run away, shake, shake off, slip, throw off | ||
2. | escape (om kommunikation) fail to experience | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Fortunately, I missed the hurricane. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | miss | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | avoid | ||
3. | escape (om kommunikation) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She gets away with murder!. I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | get away, get by, get off, get out | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | avoid | ||
Mere specifikke termer | evade | ||
4. | escape (om tilstand) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | What you are seeing in him eludes me. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | The performance is likely to escape Sue | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | elude | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex | ||
Mere specifikke termer | defy, refuse, resist | ||
5. | escape (om adfærd) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We escaped to our summer house for a few days. The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | get away | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | break loose, escape, get away | ||
6. | escape (om bevægelse) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | If you see this man, run!. The burglars escaped before the police showed up. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | go away, go forth, leave | ||
Mere specifikke termer | flee, fly, skedaddle, take flight | ||
7. | escape (om ændring) issue or leak, as from a small opening | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Gas escaped into the bedroom. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth, issue | ||