a way out, especially of a public building, room, or passenger vehicle 出口;通道;安全门 she slipped out by the rear exit. 她从后门溜出去了。 a fire exit. 消防安全出口。 ■a place where traffic can leave a motorway, major road, or roundabout (高速公路、干路或环形路的)出口 she slowed for a roundabout, taking the second exit. 她在环形路前减速,开上了第二个出口。
an act of going out of or leaving a place 离去;出去 he made a hasty exit from the room. 他匆匆从房间里出来。 ■a departure of an actor from the stage (演员)退场 the brief soliloquy following Clarence's exit. 克拉伦斯退场之后的简短独白。 ■a departure from a particular situation 退出 Australia's early exit from the World Cup. 澳大利亚早早从世界杯赛中出局。 ■(poetic/literary)a person's death (诗/文)去世;死亡
(exited, exiting)
[no obj.]go out of or leave a place 出去;离去 he exited from the changing rooms. 他离开更衣室。 the bullet entered her back and exited through her chest. 子弹从她背部射入,然后穿过胸部射出。 [with obj.]large queues of vehicles trying to exit the airfield. 竭力从机场出来的车辆排成的长龙。 ■(of an actor) leave the stage (演员)退出舞台 ■(exit)used as a stage direction in a printed play to indicate that a character leaves the stage (舞台用语)退场;下场。 参见 exeunt exit Pamela. 帕梅拉下。 ■leave a particular situation 退出 organizations which do not have freedom to exit from unprofitable markets. 不能从无利可图的市场中随意退出的机构。 ■(poetic/literary)die (诗/文)去世;死亡 ■(Computing)terminate a process or program, usually returning to an earlier or more general level of interaction (计算机)退出 this key enables you to temporarily exit from a LIFESPAN option. 该键可以使你暂时退出LIFESPAN选项。 ■(Bridge)relinquish the lead (桥牌)摊牌让分
语源
mid 16th cent. (as a stage direction): from Latin exit 'he or she goes out', third person singular present tense of exire, from ex- 'out' + ire 'go'. The noun use (late 16th cent.) is from Latin exitus 'going out', from the verb exire, and the other verb uses (early 17th cent.) are from the noun