英和和英

名詞

escape artist (複数形 escape artists)

1. A person who is skilled at escaping from confinement, for example from prisons.
   • 1972, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Crime, American Prisons in Turmoil: Hearings (page 615)

     Whether he is an escape artist, whether he is a known troublemaker and agitator, fights, and one thing or another. All these things are taken into consideration by the committee before a decision is made.

   • 2001, Claire Rudolf Murphy, ‎Jane G. Haigh, Gold Rush Dogs (page 40)

     They do not mention that if the dog is like Nero, it can be a regular escape artist, pulling out chains or breaking ropes.

2. An entertainer who performs escapes from perilous situations such as cages, coffins, and straitjackets.

   Hyponym: handcuff artist