flee

英语

词源

源自古英语 flēon，源自原始日耳曼语 *fleuhaną，源自原始印欧语 *plewk-、*plew- (“飞；流；跑”)。

同源词包括荷兰语 vlieden、德语 fliehen、冰岛语 flýja、瑞典语 fly、哥特语 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan)。英语内与fly有关，还与flow有较远的关系。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助): /fliː/
• 韵部：-iː

• （美国）音频：

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• 同音词：flea

动词

flee (第三人称单数简单现在时 flees，现在分词 fleeing，一般过去时及过去分词 fled)

1. (不及物) 逃跑

   The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.

   囚犯企图逃跑，但是被看守抓住了。

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 28:1:

     The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

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   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, 出自 “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:

     As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.

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   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company，第 254 页:

     When, however, the plant spirits were not strong enough in themselves, then the family called in the Medicine Man. He appeared, a "monster of so frightful mien", with noise making apparatus which produced such a terrifying din that even the hardiest demon was likely to flee.

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2. (及物) 从...逃出

   Many people fled the country as war loomed.

   战争将至，很多人都逃出了国外。

   Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.

   几千人为了逃离干旱而北迁。

   • 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, 出自 Modern Railways，第 220 页:

     The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.

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3. (不及物) 消失

   Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.

   乙醚制品暴露在空气中后会挥发。

衍生词汇

• beflee
• fill and flee

相关词汇

• flight

异序词

• elfe, feel, fele, leef

中古英语

名词

flee

1. fle的另一种写法

低地苏格兰语

其他形式

• fle, flei

词源

源自中古英语 flye，源自古英语 flȳġe、flēoge，源自原始日耳曼语 *fleugǭ。对比英语 fly、荷兰语 vlieg、德语 Fliege。

名词

flee

1. 苍蝇