| 单词 | safe |
| 释义 | safe —safely, adv. —safeness, n. /sayf/, adj., safer, safest, n. adj. 1. secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place. 2. free from hurt, injury, danger, or risk: to arrive safe and sound. 3. involving little or no risk of mishap, error, etc.: a safe estimate. 4. dependable or trustworthy: a safe guide. 5. careful to avoid danger or controversy: a safe player; a safe play. 6. denied the chance to do harm; in secure custody: a criminal safe in jail. 7. Baseball. a. reaching base without being put out: safe on the throw to first base. b. making it possible to reach a base: a safe slide. n. 8. a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc. 9. any receptacle or structure for the storage or preservation of articles: a meat safe. 10. (in plumbing) a. a pan for catching leakage. b. template (def. 7). 11. Slang. a condom. [1250-1300; (adj.) ME sauf, saf < AF saf, OF sauf < L salvus intact, whole; (n.) late ME save, orig. deriv. of SAVE1, assimilated to the adj.; cf. SALVATION] Syn. 1. protected, sound, guarded. SAFE, SECURE may both imply that something can be regarded as free from danger. These words are frequently interchangeable. SAFE, however, is applied rather to a person or thing that is out of or has passed beyond the reach of danger: The ship is safe in port. SECURE is applied to that about which there is no need to fear or worry: to feel secure about the future; The foundation of the house does not seem very secure. 4. sure, reliable. 5. wary, careful. 8. strongbox, coffer, chest, safe-deposit box. |
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