| 词汇 | narrow escape |
| 释义 | Idiom narrow escape a situation in which you were lucky because you just managed to avoid danger or trouble.He only just got out of the vehicle before the whole thing blew up. It was a narrow escape. narrow escapeA situation in which danger or problems are barely avoided. That guy barely made it over the tracks before the train came. What a narrow escape! narrow escapeA barely successful flight from or avoidance of danger or trouble, as in He had a narrow escape, since the bullet came within inches of his head. This expression uses narrow in the sense of "barely sufficient." [Late 1500s] For a newer synonym, see close call. a narrow eˈscape/ˈsqueaka situation where somebody only just avoids injury, danger or failure: We had a narrow escape on the way here. The wind blew a tree down just in front of us. We could have been killed. |
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