escape

/ɪˈskeɪp/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɪˈskeɪp/

ɪˈskeɪp

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

ɪ - ˈskeɪp -> escape

Myanmar meaning

(n) လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်း (v) လွတ်မြောက်

Full entry

escape /Ç'skeÇp/ v

၁။ ~ (from sb/sth) လွတ်သည်။ လွတ်မြောက် သည်။ လွတ်သွားသည်။
Two prisoners have escaped. ❍ an escaped convict ❍ A lion has escaped from its cage. ❍ She longed to escape from her mother's domination. ❍ (fig ) As a child he would often escape into a dream world of his own.
၂။ (no passive) ရှောင်တိမ်းသည်။ ရှောင်ရှားသည်။ လွှဲရှောင်သည်။
Two of the gang were caught but their leader escaped (capture/arrest). ❍ Where can we go to escape the crowds? ❍ you can't escape the fact that you're overweight. ❍ escape criticism/being criticized for sth.
၃။ စိမ့်သည်။ ယိုသည်။ ထွက်သည်။
There's gas escaping somewhere — can you smell it? ❍ heat escaping through a window ❍ (fig ) No sound escaped his lips.
၄။ ~ (with sth) (ထင် သလောက်မဆိုးဘဲ) လွတ်မြောက်သည်။ escape with a warning ❍ escape very lightly ❍ The driver of the other car escaped unscathed/escaped with minor cuts and bruises.
၅။ (no passive) မေ့လျော့သည်။ အမှုမဲ့ အမှတ်မဲ့ ဖြစ်သည်။ Her name escapes me (ie I can't remember it). ❍ The fault escaped observation (ie was not noticed) for months. ❍ Nothing escapes him/his attention (ie He notices everything). ❍ (ironic ) It might have escaped your notice that I've been unusually busy recently. အခုတစ်လော ကျုပ်အလုပ်ဒီလောက်များနေတာကိုတော့ မမြင်ဘူး မဟုတ်လား။ (အားနေတာတော့ မြင်တတ်တယ်။ )
n
၁။ [C, U] ~ (from sth) (က) လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်း။ There was little possibility of escape. ❍ three recent successful escapes/escape bids from this prison ❍ She made her escape when the guard's back was turned. ❍ We had a miraculous/narrow/lucky escape. (ခ) လွတ်လမ်း။ လွတ်ပေါက်။ seek escape from the noise ❍ There was no escape from her disastrous marriage. ❍ our escape route ❍ The police have just found the escape vehicle. ❍ He got out through the escape hatch (eg on a ship or an aircraft). See also FIRE-ESCAPE
၂။ [sing] မေ့မေ့ ပျောက်ပျောက် ဖြစ်စေသောအရာ။ ထွက်ပေါက်။ He listens to music as an escape from the pressures of work.
၃။ [C] ယိုစိမ့်မှု။ an escape of gas.
❏ make good one's escape [IDM ] လွတ်လွတ်ကျွတ်ကျွတ် လွတ်မြောက်သွားသည်။

More examples

Three people died in the fire, but John escaped through the bedroom window.
[escape from] : His family escaped from Germany and arrived in Britain in 1938.
People trying to escape poverty
[escape from] : She saw university as a way to escape from her oppressive home life.
She was shot while trying to escape.
Maggie started talking to me and I thought I’d never escape.
[escape someone’s clutches] : He was trying to escape the clutches of two amorous young girls.
Two security guards escaped injury in the attack.
[escape with] : Mr Smith escaped with cuts and bruises.
[escape unhurt/unharmed/unscathed] : Her two-week-old baby escaped unscathed.
[escape with your life] : He was lucky to escape with his life.
The area has escaped the ravages of war.
Hughes seems certain to escape punishment.
[narrowly escape] : Durham narrowly escaped defeat in their first match of the season.
[escape from] : The cinema allowed people to escape from the depressing realities of their lives.
His name escapes me right now.
It seems to have escaped him that I was the one who first introduced him to her.
[escape your attention/notice] : It had not escaped my attention that Joseph was absent.
How will we know if there’s any gas escaping?
About five tonnes of crude oil had escaped into the sea.
A weary sigh escaped from her lips.
We’re hoping to escape to the Algarve in May.

Synonyms

flee, run away, get away, break out, run off, break away from, AWOL, abdication, abscond, avoid, avoidance, bail out, beat, bolt, break, breakout, burst out, bypassing, circumvent, circumvention, cut and run, cut loose, decamp, decampment, deliverance, depart, departure, desert, desertion, disappear, disappearance, discharge, distraction, diversion, dodge, dodging, double, drain, drip, duck, duck out, ducking, elope, elopement, elude, elusion, elusiveness, emerge, emission, escaping, escapism, eschewal, evade, evasion, evasiveness, exodus, extrication, fadeout, flight, flow, fly, fly the coop, freedom, get away with, get off, get out, getaway, go scot-free, hegira, issue, lam, leak, leak out, leakage, leave, leisure activity, liberation, make getaway, make off, make oneself scarce, out, outbreak, outflow, pass, pastime, play hooky, powder, release, rescue, retreat, run, run out on, runaround, running away, running off, seep, seepage, shake off, shun, shunning, sidestepping, skip, slip, slip away, spring, spurt, steal away, take a powder, take flight, take on the lam, vanish, withdrawal, work out of, wriggle out

Antonyms

accept, aid, appear, arrival, arrive, assist, capture, come, coming, confront, continue, directness, encounter, entrance, face, help, maintenance, meet, meeting, remain, stand, stay, staying, take on, wait, walk