mention/note something in passing

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmention/note something in passingmention/note something in passingSAYif you say something in passing, you mention it while you are mainly talking about something else He did mention his brother’s wife, but only in passing. → passingExamples from the Corpusmention/note something in passing• He noted, in passing, that he had lasted longer than Texas Sen.• Like many more, presumably, we mention Ribblehead in passing.• In Exodus the quails were mentioned only in passing.

单词	mention/note something in passing
释义	mention/note something in passing From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmention/note something in passingmention/note something in passingSAYif you say something in passing, you mention it while you are mainly talking about something else He did mention his brother’s wife, but only in passing. → passingExamples from the Corpusmention/note something in passing• He noted, in passing, that he had lasted longer than Texas Sen.• Like many more, presumably, we mention Ribblehead in passing.• In Exodus the quails were mentioned only in passing.
随便看	command to do commandant commandare commandeer commander commander commander in chief commander in chief etc commander-in-chief etc commander-in-chief/editor-in-chief etc commanderinchief etc commanders in chief commandeur commanding commandment commando commandoes commandos commemorare commemorate commemoration commemorative plaque commence commence doing commence doing something