escape Signification, définition

Signification de escape en français

• 0 to get away from a dangerous place -- s’échapper

  • prisoners escaping from jail des prisonniers s’échappant/évadant de prison

  • The boy escaped through the back door. Le garçon s’est échappé par la porte de derrière.

• 1 to avoid a bad experience -- échapper

  • Only one soldier escaped injury. Un seul soldat a échappé aux blessures.

  • teens trying to escape the world of drugs des adolescents essayant d’échapper au monde de la drogue

• 2 to come out of -- s’échapper

  • No sound escaped from her lips. Aucun son ne s’échappa de ses lèvres.

  • poisonous gas escaping from the wrecked train le gaz toxique s’échappant du train accidenté

• 3 the act of escaping from a place or situation -- fuite [ feminine ]

  • a lucky escape from the fire le fait d’avoir échappé de justesse à l’incendie

  • his escape from a life of poverty le fait qu’il ait échappé à une vie de misère

• 4 a way to avoid dealing with sth unpleasant -- moyen [ masculine ] de fuir la réalité

  • After the war, music became his escape. Après la guerre, la musique lui permettait de fuir la réalité.

• 5 to gain freedom -- s’évader (de), échapper (à)

  • He escaped from prison.

• 6 to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc) -- échapper (à)

  • She was lucky to escape punishment.

• 7 to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of) -- échapper (à)

  • The fact escaped me / my notice

  • His name escapes me / my memory.

• 8 (of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out -- (s’)échapper

  • Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.

• 9 (act of) escaping; state of having escaped -- évasion, fuite

  • Make your escape while the guard is away

  • There have been several escapes from that prison

  • Escape was impossible

  • The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.