| 单词 | escape hatch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasescape hatch escape hatch n. an emergency exit in a ship, submarine, or aircraft; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape > specifically a door scape-door1607 escape hatch1925 1925 Sci. Amer. Dec. 373 The submarine..carried four torpedo tubes at the forward end of the torpedo room, which was provided with an escape hatch. 1940 Flight 17 Oct. 332/1 He could have followed the rear gunner through the bottom escape hatch. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 244/1 Escape hatch, 1. A small hatch..in a 'tween-deck or weather deck for the safe exit of men engaged in trimming or stowing coal or grain. 1955 Sci. News Let. 6 Aug. 86/1 The continuous reconnaissance of people and traffic, preferably from the air for maximum scanning of ‘escape hatches’. 1962 W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use iv. 84 These crucial words..may serve as escape-hatches from conceptual terms. < as lemmas |
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