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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++e·gress /ˈiːɡres/ noun [uncountable] formal or law  LEAVE A PLACEthe act of leaving a building or place, or the right to do this 外出;出外权
Examples from the Corpus
egressWith affordable internal access and egress, basements provide options for dwellings short of space.Another is that a store is useless without means of access and egress.We've moved in through the looking-glass and now we're too big, too enormous for egress.Despite the egress of isolated specimens, museum collections grow in proportion to the director's burden of deciding what to accept.Denied its usual egress, the river had burst its banks and was pouring down the fire-ravaged streets.
Origin egress (1500-1600) Latin egressus, from egredi to go out
e·gress nounChineseSyllable
a of the act leaving or Corpus building


egress
egress /ˈiːɡres/ noun [uncountable] formal or law
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: egressus, from egredi 'to go out'
the act of leaving a building or place, or the right to do this


e·gressBrE /ˈiːɡres/ 🔊NAmE /ˈiːɡres/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) the act of leaving a place 离开;外出   compare access noun (1) , ingress