keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger.
she saved a boy from drowning
同义词：
rescuecome to someone's rescuesave someone's lifecome to someone's aidset freefreeliberatedeliverextricatesnatchbail outbring offpreservekeep safekeepprotectsafeguardguardconservesalvageretrievereclaimrescueinformal：save someone's baconsave someone's necksave someone's skin
2
keep and store up (something, especially money) for future use.
she had never been able to save much from her salary
同义词：
put asideset asidelay asideput byput to one sidelay bykeepretainreservekeep in reserveconservestockpilestorehoardsave for a rainy daykeep for future useput in a safe placecollectamassset byinformal：salt awaysquirrel awaystash awayhang onto
3
Computing
keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location, especially from memory.
save it to a new file
4
avoid the need to use up or spend (money, time, or other resources).
save $20 on a new camcorder
同义词：
economizebe (more) economicalmake economiesscrimpscrimp and scrapebe thriftybe frugaltighten one's beltcut backmake cutbacksbudgetretrenchhusband one's resourcescut costscut expendituredraw in one's hornswatch one's penniespinch penniesdialect：rake and scrape
5
prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) in a game or from winning (the game).
the powerful German saved three match points
名词
1
Baseball
an instance of a relief pitcher saving a game.
2
Computing
an act of saving data to a storage location, usually the hard drive.
the recovery feature enables you to retrieve most of the edits you made since the last save
