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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fu·gi·tive
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fugitif, from Latin fugitivus, from fugitus, past participle of fugere to flee; akin to Greek pheugein to flee DATE 14th century 1. running away or intending flight a fugitive slave a fugitive debtor 2. moving from place to place : wandering 3. a. being of short duration b. difficult to grasp or retain : elusive c. likely to evaporate, deteriorate, change, fade, or disappear dyed with fugitive colors 4. being of transient interest fugitive essays Synonyms: see transient • fu·gi·tive·ly adverb • fu·gi·tive·ness noun
noun DATE 14th century 1. a person who flees or tries to escape; especially : refugee 2. something elusive or hard to find English Etymology fugitive 1382, from O.Fr . fugitif, from L. fugitivus "fleeing" (but commonly used as a noun meaning "runaway"), from stem of fugere "run away, flee," from PIE base *bheug- "to flee" (cf. Gk.pheugein "to flee," Lith. bugstu "be frightened"). Replaced O.E.flyma. From 17c.-19c. Eng. had the useful adj. fugacious "likely to flee."http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 fugitive fu·gi·tive / 5fju:dVEtiv / noun ~ (from sb / sth) a person who has escaped or is running away from somewhere and is trying to avoid being caught 逃亡者；逃跑者；亡命者: a fugitive from justice 逃犯 adjective[only before noun] 1. trying to avoid being caught 逃亡的；逃跑的: a fugitive criminal 逃犯 2. (literary) lasting only for a very short time 短暂的；易逝的 SYN fleeting :
a fugitive idea / thought 转瞬即逝的想法/思想 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English fugitive noun ADJ. hunted, wanted one of the most wanted fugitives sought by the Italian police PREP. ~ from a sanctuary where fugitives from justice could shelter Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: adjective Synonyms: TRANSIENT , ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, momentary, passing, short-lived, transitory, volatilen. Function: noun Synonyms: REFUGEE , displaced person, DP, émigré, evacueeWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fu·gi·tive I. \ˈfyüjəd.iv, -ətiv\ adjective Etymology: Middle English fugitif, fugitive, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fugitif, from Latin fugitivus, from fugere to run away, flee; akin to Greek pheugein to run away, flee, Lithuanian baugus timorous, and probably to Old High German biogan to bend — more at bow 1. : running away or intending flight (as from an enemy, a master, duty, or justice) : fleeing < a fugitive slave > < a fugitive debtor > < the new note served notice that neither the fugitive … diplomat nor his wife would be handed over — Wall Street Journal > 2. : moving from place to place : wandering < a fugitive theatrical company > < the fugitive clouds of the sky — K.K.Darrow > 3. a. : being of short duration : fleeting < the journalist … is concerned only with the fugitive moment — A.L.Guérard > b. : difficult to grasp or retain : elusive < thought is clear or muddy, graspable or fugitive, according to the purity of the medium — J.M.Barzun > c. : likely to evaporate : volatile < fugitive elements escape from the magma in rock crystallization > d. : likely to deteriorate : perishable < a great deal of valuable material is mounted on fugitivecardboard — All The King's Horses > e. : subject to change : not fixed < its membership is fugitive but the institution … requires continuity — O.W.Phelps > specifically : fading when exposed to light < many of these dyes … are so fugitive to light that dyed material if left uncovered in a mill room during a weekend … may be found to have faded — C.M.Whittaker & C.C.Wilcock > f. : likely to disappear or fall away; specifically : not permanently established — used especially of a botanical species 4. a. : scattered , infrequent , occasional < he has only to collect his fugitive pieces to have … a book of deep significance — T.V.Smith > b. : being of transient interest : ephemeral < the press ranges from the superficiality of fragmentary items in the most fugitive tabloid to the rich fare of the New York Times — William Albig > Synonyms: see transient II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English fugitif, fugitive, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fugitif, from Latin fugitivus, from fugitivus, adjective 1. : one who flees or tries to escape: as a. : one who runs away from a master or employer or from uncongenial surroundings < a fugitive from a sweatshop — A.E.Stevenson b.1900 > b. : one who tries to elude justice < surrender of the fugitive for trial — R.G.Neumann > c. : one who flees or is forced to leave his country : exile , refugee < for the doubtful benefit of the political fugitive — Alona Evans > 2. : one who goes from place to place usually without a fixed purpose or direction : wanderer 3. : something elusive or hard to find < what muse but his can nature's beauties hit, or catch that airy fugitive called wit — Walter Harte > 4. a. : a dye that is not fast b. : an article colored with such a dye < cotton fugitives are simply dyed with alkali and common salt — G.H.Johnson > |
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