单词 | flee |
释义 | flee I. intransitive verb 1. a. < cowards fleeing before a revolution — R.W.Emerson > < a person … who shall flee from justice — U.S. Constitution > b. < he fled back to the shelter of his cab — Osbert Sitwell > < the survivors fled into the wilderness > 2. < mists fleeing before the rising sun > < the truck was gathering speed … and the fields were fleeing past in the twilight — Kay Boyle > 3. archaic < the arrow fled from the bow > transitive verb 1. a. < heard her fleeing his approach — T.B.Costain > < the lowlanders were fleeing the rising waters > b. < governments long in office are not inclined to flee party and political considerations — S.L.A.Marshall > 2. < when fortune fled her spoiled and favorite child — Lord Byron > < fleeing the city for the hot months — Jerome Weidman > Synonyms: see escape II. chiefly Scotland variant of fly III. dialect Britain variant of flay |
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