释义 |
someone's/something's name escapes you idiom used to say that you cannot remember someone's or something's name: The film starred a famous actress whose name escapes me. It was a quote from a writer whose name escapes me just at the moment. You recognize his face, but his name escapes you. I bumped into her in some department store whose name escapes me right now. We had a spicy soup (the name escapes me) and some noodles. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Forgetting and forgetfulness absent-minded absent-mindedly absent-mindedness amnesia amnesiac anterograde blot bury erase featherbrained forget forget itidiom forgetful forgetfully oblivion retrograde retrograde amnesia rustily scatterbrained scatty |