rescue
- IPA[ˈreskyo͞o]
美式
- save (someone) from a dangerous or distressing situation；keep from being lost or abandoned; retrieve
- an act of saving or being saved from danger or distress；denoting or relating to a domestic animal that has been removed from a situation of abuse or neglect by a welfare organization
verb: rescue, 3rd person present: rescues, gerund or present participle: rescuing, past tense: rescued, past participle: rescued
noun: rescue, plural noun: rescues
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. save (someone) from a dangerous or distressing situation firemen were called out to rescue a man trapped in the river 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ keep from being lost or abandoned; retrieve he got out of his chair to rescue his cup of coffee 同義詞
名詞
- 1. an act of saving or being saved from danger or distress he came to our rescue with a loan of $100
- ▪ denoting or relating to a domestic animal that has been removed from a situation of abuse or neglect by a welfare organization adopting a rescue cat may be one of the most rewarding things you will ever do some people find their ideal pet in a rescue shelter
- ▪ denoting the emergency excavation of archaeological sites threatened by imminent building or road development they have not always been keen to organize rescue excavations to investigate these sites
