vi.

1. 逃跑；逃脫[（+from）]
   The soldier escaped from the enemy's prison.

   這個士兵從敵人的監獄裡逃了出來。

2. 避免[（+from/out of）]
   He traveled extensively to escape from boredom.

   他到處旅遊以解煩悶。

3. 漏出；流出[（+from/out of）]
   Gas is escaping from the pipe.

   瓦斯正從管中逸出。

vt.

1. 逃避；逃脫；避免[+v-ing]
   We were lucky to escape being punished.

   我們很幸運，沒有受罰。

   He escaped the trials after the war.

   戰後他逃過了審判。

2. 沒有被……注意到；被……忘掉
   The matter has quite escaped my memory.

   這件事我完全記不得了。

   Her name escapes me.

   我記不起她的名字了。

n.

1. 逃跑；逃脫[C][U]
   He made his escape in disguise.

   他化裝後逃走了。

2. 漏出[C][U]
   Can you smell an escape of gas?

   你能聞到漏出的瓦斯嗎？

3. 逃避（現實）；解悶[S]
   She read detective stories as an escape.

   她看偵探小說解悶。

4. 逃路；逃跑工具[C]
   We must cut off his escape.

   我們必須切斷他的退路。

v.

1. break free from confinement or control.
   ▸(of a gas, liquid, or heat) leak from a container.
2. elude or get free from (someone).
   ▸succeed in eluding (something dangerous or undesirable):

   the baby narrowly escaped death.
3. fail to be noticed or remembered by:
   the name escaped him.

n.

1. an act of escaping.
   ▸a means of escaping.
2. a temporary distraction from reality or routine.
3. (also escape key) a key on a computer keyboard which interrupts the current operation or converts subsequent characters to a control sequence.
4. a garden plant or pet animal that has gone wild and (in plants) become naturalized.