egress

UK/'iːgres/US/'i:gres/

TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

An exit or way out; the act of leaving.

出口，出路；外出。

To go out; to leave.

外出，离开。

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

e-out of, from

gressto step, walk, go

=egress

e- (a form of ex-, 'out') + gress (to step) = to step out. A formal word, common in architecture and safety codes ('means of egress' = the exit route). Its opposite is ingress.

Root gress still carries 64 more words

Common Collocations

1.emergency egress紧急出口
2.egress route疏散路线

Example Sentences

1.
Every floor must have a clearly marked means of egress.
2.
The crowd egressed slowly through the narrow gates.

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