1 a way out of a public building or vehicle:
Where's the exit? * There is a fire exit on each floor of the building. * The emergency exit is at the back of the bus.
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2 an act of leaving, especially of an actor from the stage:
The heroine made her exit to great applause. * He made a quick exit to avoid meeting her. * an exit visa (= a stamp in a passport giving sb permission to leave a particular country) * an exit wound (= where a bullet that has entered sb's body comes out again)
3 a place where vehicles can leave a road to join another road:
Leave the roundabout at the second exit. * Take the exit for Trento.
词性: verb
1 (formal) to go out; to leave a building, stage, vehicle, etc:
[V] The bullet entered her back and exited through her chest. * We exited via a fire door. * [VN] As the actors exited the stage the lights went on.
2 to finish using a computer program:
[V] To exit from this page, press the return key. * [VN] I exited the database and switched off the computer.
3 [V] (exit...) used in the instructions printed in a play to say that an actor must leave the stage:
Exit Macbeth
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