单词 | rescue |
释义 | rescue —rescuable, adj. —rescueless, adj. —rescuer, n. /res"kyooh/, v. , rescued, rescuing, n. v.t. 1. to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil. 2. Law. to liberate or take by forcible or illegal means from lawful custody. n. 3. the act of rescuing. [1300-50; (v.) ME rescuen < OF rescourre, equiv. to re- RE- + escourre to shake, drive out, remove < L excutere (ex- EX-1 + -cutere, comb. form of quatere to shake); (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.] Syn. 1. liberate, release, save, redeem, ransom, extricate, recover. 3. liberation, deliverance, release, redemption, recovery. |
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