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escapee

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++es·cap·ee /ˌeskeɪˈpiː, ɪˌskeɪˈpiː/ noun [countable] literary  ESCAPEsomeone who has escaped from somewhere 逃离者,逃脱者
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escapeeThose included hitting Carbonell, the first escapee to be caught.Maybe, if she was a recent escapee, she had never learned how to fish well.The sixth escapee, Felix Carbonell, never made it to the car and was caught outside the prison.There, escapees from the gritty streets of Brooklyn come to relax amid the pines and mosquitos.These escapees would grow all the faster because their competitors had been pruned.There were one or two escapees from within his group, however.
es·cap·ee nounChineseSyllable
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escapee
escapee /ˌeskeɪˈpiː, ɪˌskeɪˈpiː/ noun [countable] literary
 Word Family: noun: escape, escapism, escapee, escapologist; adjective: escaped, inescapable, escapist; verb: escape; adverb: inescapably
someone who has escaped from somewhere


es·capeeBrE /ɪˌskeɪˈpiː/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˌskeɪˈpiː/ 🔊 noun (formal) a person or an animal that has escaped from somewhere, especially sb who has escaped from prison 逃亡者;脱逃的动物;(尤指)逃犯