RESCUE


Meaning of RESCUE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ dramatic

▪ daring

▪ emergency

▪ attempted

▪ successful

▪ air-sea ( esp. BrE ), mountain , ocean ( AmE ), sea ( esp. BrE ), water

▪ hostage

▪ helicopter

▪ financial

VERB + RESCUE

▪ attempt

Her own boat capsized after she attempted a ~.

▪ come to , go to , rush to

No one came to their ~ until the following day.

▪ perform

▪ await

RESCUE + NOUN

▪ attempt , effort , mission , operation

▪ crew , party , squad ( AmE ), team , unit

a mountain ~ team

▪ service

▪ personnel ( esp. AmE ), worker

▪ work

▪ boat , helicopter , ship , vehicle , vessel

▪ dog

▪ swimmer ( AmE )

▪ equipment

▪ centre/center

an animal ~ centre/center

▪ bid ( BrE ), package , plan , scheme ( BrE )

a financial ~ package for the company

PREPOSITION

▪ to sb's/the ~

Her wails of distress brought him running from the house, like a knight to the ~.

▪ ~ from

his ~ from a burning building

▪ ~ of

the ~ of a man from a burning building

PHRASES

▪ fire and ~

New Zealand fire and ~ services carried out several extensive searches for survivors.

▪ search and ~

The navy are on a search and ~ mission.

II.

verb

Rescue is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ firefighter , ↑ helicopter , ↑ hero

Rescue is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ economy , ↑ hostage , ↑ survivor , ↑ victim

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .