exit
Definitions
A way out of a place; a door or passage for leaving.
出口；离开的通道。
The act of leaving, especially a quick or dramatic one.
退出，离场。
To go out of or leave a place.
离开，退出。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedex- (out) + it (go) = 'he/she goes out.' exit is a whole Latin verb form frozen into an English word. It began life as a stage direction — 'Exit Macbeth' means 'Macbeth goes out' — and became the ordinary word for the way out and the act of leaving.
Root it still carries 29 more wordsWhy It Means This
exit literally is the Latin for 'goes out' — the same form playwrights wrote in the margins of scripts to tell an actor to leave the stage (and the plural 'exeunt' for several leaving). The theatrical sense bled into everyday English: an exit is the doorway through which you go out, and to exit is to perform that going.
Common Collocations
- 1.emergency exit紧急出口
- 2.exit route出口路线
- 3.exit strategy退出策略
- 4.make an exit退场，离开
Example Sentences
- 1.
Take the third exit at the roundabout.
- 2.
Everyone must use the emergency exit in a fire.
- 3.
She exited the building through a side door.
- 4.
His sudden exit from politics surprised everyone.