escaped

/ɪˈskeɪpt/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪˈskeɪpt/ (ame, ipa)

escaped — adjective

  • escapedpositive
  • more escapedcomparative
  • most escapedsuperlative

1. no longer held in a prison, cage, or other place where being kept against one's

1.形容詞B2
釋義

no longer held in a prison, cage, or other place where being kept against one's will, usually with police or guards now searching for the person or animal.

例句

Police warned residents to lock their doors while the escaped prisoner was still loose.

attributive: escaped + person noun (prisoner, convict)

Ravindra spotted the escaped parrot perched on a streetlight near the bakery.

attributive use with an animal noun

同義詞
  • runaway

    more general; used for people (especially children or teenagers) who left home, not only those held against their will

  • fugitive

    stronger and more formal; suggests the person is actively wanted by authorities and trying to stay hidden

  • at-large

    describes the status (free and not yet caught) rather than modifying a noun; predicative: 'the suspect is still at large'

反義詞
  • captured

    the result state after the escape ends

  • recaptured

    captured again after a period of being free

  • confined

    still kept inside; describes the original state before any escape

文法句型

escaped + noun

用法筆記

Only used before a noun (attributive) — you cannot say 'the prisoner is escaped'. Use the verb form instead: 'the prisoner has escaped'.

常見錯誤

❌The prisoner is escaped from the jail.
✅The prisoner has escaped from the jail.
💡as an adjective 'escaped' only sits before a noun, not after 'be'.
❌an escaped from the zoo lion
✅a lion escaped from the zoo' or 'an escaped lion
💡keep 'escaped' directly before the noun, or use the past participle clause after it.