vi.

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

   这个士兵从敌人的监狱里逃了出来。

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

   他到处旅游以解烦闷。

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

   煤气正从管中逸出。

vt.

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

   我们很幸运，没有受罚。

   He escaped the trials after the war.

   战后他逃过了审判。

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

   这件事我完全记不得了。

   Her name escapes me.

   我记不起她的名字了。

n.

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

   他化装后逃走了。

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

   你能闻到漏出的煤气吗？

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

   她看侦探小说解闷。

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

   我们必须切断他的退路。

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.