fugitive

fugitive
noun
  1. a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution
    逃亡者，亡命者
    fugitives from justice.
    逃犯。
    [as modifier]fugitive criminals.
    逃犯。
    ■[as modifier](figurative)quick to disappear; fleeting
    (喻)转瞬即逝的，易消失的；短暂的
    he entertained a fugitive idea that Bella needed him.
    他想贝拉会需要他，但这念头稍纵即逝。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French fugitif, -ive, from Latin fugitivus, from fugere 'flee'
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