英语词汇“passage”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

passage1

/ˈpasɪdʒ

noun

1 [mass noun] The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another: there were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock...

The game was hallmarked by a superb full back display by Ms. Dalton, past whom nothing found passage, although she had generous aid from a better-balanced team.
It may seem tame in this context to devote time and technical skill to throwing up perfect spheres of glass in a vacuum and timing their passage up and down past two pairs of slits.
That was before the Uefa Cup run gathered momentum, before his booming finish at Anfield sealed Celtic's passage past Liverpool and his position as a crowd favourite.

Synonyms

transit, progress, passing, movement, moving, motion, going, crossing, travelling, traversal, traverse

1.1The action or process of moving forward: despite the passage of time she still loved him...

She tapped the shoulder of the person in front of her, asking for passage forward.
He sneers at her approach and waddles forward to block her passage.
The money could be recoverable from the officer who was responsible for not having filed the written statement despite passage of so much time.

Synonyms

passing, advance, course, march, moving on, flow

1.2The right to pass through somewhere: we obtained a permit for safe passage from the embassy...

The group also demanded a $50m ransom as well as safe passage and the publication of their manifesto by all of the countries whose diplomats had been held.
But we provide space-based utilities no such security or assurance of safe passage or operation.
In another audacious move he sent envoys to the Crusader leaders in Acre asking for safe passage and the right to purchase supplies.

Synonyms

safe conduct, entry, admission, access;

permission/authorization to travel through, leave to travel in;

warrant, visa

1.3 [count noun] A journey by sea or air: I booked a passage on the next ship...

Delayed only by her trial, she finally booked passage aboard a tanker and sailed alone to Karachi, to join the rest of the family in exile.
She was so aware of the danger that she'd booked passage in a ship for Australia for herself and me in 1940, meaning to leave me with her family there and return to England.
John wanted to set about their adventure as expeditiously as possible and had booked passage on a postal aeroplane traveling to nearby Hog's Creek.

Synonyms

voyage, crossing, trip, cruise, sail;

journey, tour, trek

1.4 Ornithology (Of a migrating bird) the action of passing through a place en route to its final destination: the species occurs regularly on passage [as modifier]: a passage migrant...

These routes used by migratory birds for passage between wintering and breeding ranges are called flyways.
A small shore bird common, in fact often abundant, on passage and in winter, it breeds in the High Arctic.
Green, Wood and Common Sandpipers are regular on passage, as are Ospreys.

2A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway: the larger bedroom was at the end of the passage...

The house is old and creaky, stairs to half-floors leading from narrow rooms and confusing passages as if designed by M.C. Escher.
Excavations revealed a massive timber gate about halfway along the passage allowing access to be controlled.
As one walks through the different rooms, passages and interstices of the gallery, there is a tremendous but transient concatenation of sound.

Synonyms

corridor, passageway, hall, hallway, entrance hall, entrance, walkway, aisle, gangway

alley, alleyway, lane, path, pathway, way, footpath, track, trackway, road, thoroughfare;

Scottish & Northern English ginnel, snicket, vennel, wynd, twitten;

North American areaway;

North American & West Indian trace;

Indian gully

2.1A duct, vessel, or other channel in the body.Oya Orisha predominates in the lungs, bronchial passages, and the mucous membranes....

These potent chemicals dilate blood vessels and constrict bronchial air passages.
The infection spreads from the nose or throat through the Eustachian tube, a passage between the throat and the middle ear.

Synonyms

duct;

orifice, opening, aperture, hole, channel;

inlet, outlet

3 [mass noun] The process of transition from one state to another: an allegory on the theme of the passage from ignorance to knowledge...

The rate of temporal passage cannot be changed consciously by mortals, generally speaking.
Rite of passage conveying status change for males, from young boys to responsible men.
I can see the inexorable passage of time moving Baby to the inevitable Teenager II but whilst Baby is still at junior school I can make the most of an ally!

Synonyms

transition, development, progress, progression, move, change, shift, conversion, metamorphosis

3.1The passing of a bill into law: a catalyst for the unrest was the passage of a privatization law...

So the parliamentary passage of the bill holds additional significance in that it may pave the way for the two allies of 50 years to mend their sour relations.
We are writing to ask you to support the Children's Food Bill in its passage through Parliament.
Some civic organizations and academic circles asserted that the previous passage of the particular bills was null and void, as they were voted upon without the required quorum.

Synonyms

enactment, passing, ratification, acceptance, approval, adoption, authorization, sanction, validation, legalization, endorsement

4A short extract from a book or other printed material: he picked up the newspaper and read the passage again...

I'll read a short passage from my book Four Seasons in Five Senses, that talks about that connection we have with memory, the land and ultimately generation.
Look, there are lots of narrative shifts in this book with short passages, and this gives a sense of dislocation too, for the reader; one voice and then another.
The most sobering part of the book is a short passage where Guttenplan elaborates this country's history of anti-Semitism.

Synonyms

extract, excerpt, quotation, quote, citation, cite, reading, section, piece, selection, part, snippet, fragment, portion;

text, paragraph, verse, stanza, canto, line, sentence, phrase

4.1A section of a piece of music: an orchestral passage...

This is especially noticeable in full orchestral and choral passages.
Students can slow down the tempo or loop a particular section of music to practice difficult passages.
Her favorites were the soulful climaxes of country-western ballads and the tutti passages of Mozart orchestral works.

4.2An episode in a spell of longer activity such as a sporting event: a neat passage of midfield play...

As the game ebbed and flowed there was little to choose between the sides, but York extended their lead just before half time when a good passage of play involving backs and forwards brought a second try for the speedy Kama.
It was just the tonic the visitors needed and soon afterwards the second row forward finished of a fine passage of play involving forwards and backs with the second try, this time converted by Cooke.
They did the spadework for the score in a good passage of support play, Wade arriving on cue to drive over and finish off the movement.

5 Medicine & Biology paˈsɑːʒ The propagation of microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence: cultured cells can replicate on serial passage for predictable periods of time...

Fourth, after some 30 passages, cells cultured at 33°C stopped proliferating, suggesting a senescent state.
Cells of the eighth passages of culture were used.
In some other cases, sequences were verified after a series of passages on a host.

verb /paˈsɑːʒ

/ [with object] Medicine & Biology

Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage: each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively...

The strain was passaged in mice, subcultured in Middlebrook 7H9 broth (Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA), and used for aerosol infection when the optical density at 600 nm was 0.9.
To test whether either mutant underwent delayed telomere elongation, the mutant strains were extensively passaged by serial colony streaking and telomere lengths were monitored periodically.
All of the strains were passaged for >30 generations before genomic DNA was isolated; additional passages of 60 generations showed no differences in telomere lengths from those illustrated in Fig 4B (data not shown).

Phrases

passage of (or at) arms

work one's passage

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin passus 'pace'.

passage2

/paˈsɑːʒ

noun

A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from an alteration of Italian passeggiare 'to walk, pace', based on Latin passus 'pace'.

单词	passage
释义	passage1 /ˈpasɪdʒ / noun 1 [mass noun] The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another: there were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock... The game was hallmarked by a superb full back display by Ms. Dalton, past whom nothing found passage, although she had generous aid from a better-balanced team. It may seem tame in this context to devote time and technical skill to throwing up perfect spheres of glass in a vacuum and timing their passage up and down past two pairs of slits. That was before the Uefa Cup run gathered momentum, before his booming finish at Anfield sealed Celtic's passage past Liverpool and his position as a crowd favourite. Synonyms transit, progress, passing, movement, moving, motion, going, crossing, travelling, traversal, traverse 1.1The action or process of moving forward: despite the passage of time she still loved him... She tapped the shoulder of the person in front of her, asking for passage forward. He sneers at her approach and waddles forward to block her passage. The money could be recoverable from the officer who was responsible for not having filed the written statement despite passage of so much time. Synonyms passing, advance, course, march, moving on, flow 1.2The right to pass through somewhere: we obtained a permit for safe passage from the embassy... The group also demanded a $50m ransom as well as safe passage and the publication of their manifesto by all of the countries whose diplomats had been held. But we provide space-based utilities no such security or assurance of safe passage or operation. In another audacious move he sent envoys to the Crusader leaders in Acre asking for safe passage and the right to purchase supplies. Synonyms safe conduct, entry, admission, access; permission/authorization to travel through, leave to travel in; warrant, visa 1.3 [count noun] A journey by sea or air: I booked a passage on the next ship... Delayed only by her trial, she finally booked passage aboard a tanker and sailed alone to Karachi, to join the rest of the family in exile. She was so aware of the danger that she'd booked passage in a ship for Australia for herself and me in 1940, meaning to leave me with her family there and return to England. John wanted to set about their adventure as expeditiously as possible and had booked passage on a postal aeroplane traveling to nearby Hog's Creek. Synonyms voyage, crossing, trip, cruise, sail; journey, tour, trek 1.4 Ornithology (Of a migrating bird) the action of passing through a place en route to its final destination: the species occurs regularly on passage [as modifier]: a passage migrant... These routes used by migratory birds for passage between wintering and breeding ranges are called flyways. A small shore bird common, in fact often abundant, on passage and in winter, it breeds in the High Arctic. Green, Wood and Common Sandpipers are regular on passage, as are Ospreys. 2A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway: the larger bedroom was at the end of the passage... The house is old and creaky, stairs to half-floors leading from narrow rooms and confusing passages as if designed by M.C. Escher. Excavations revealed a massive timber gate about halfway along the passage allowing access to be controlled. As one walks through the different rooms, passages and interstices of the gallery, there is a tremendous but transient concatenation of sound. Synonyms corridor, passageway, hall, hallway, entrance hall, entrance, walkway, aisle, gangway alley, alleyway, lane, path, pathway, way, footpath, track, trackway, road, thoroughfare; Scottish & Northern English ginnel, snicket, vennel, wynd, twitten; North American areaway; North American & West Indian trace; Indian gully 2.1A duct, vessel, or other channel in the body.Oya Orisha predominates in the lungs, bronchial passages, and the mucous membranes.... These potent chemicals dilate blood vessels and constrict bronchial air passages. The infection spreads from the nose or throat through the Eustachian tube, a passage between the throat and the middle ear. Synonyms duct; orifice, opening, aperture, hole, channel; inlet, outlet 3 [mass noun] The process of transition from one state to another: an allegory on the theme of the passage from ignorance to knowledge... The rate of temporal passage cannot be changed consciously by mortals, generally speaking. Rite of passage conveying status change for males, from young boys to responsible men. I can see the inexorable passage of time moving Baby to the inevitable Teenager II but whilst Baby is still at junior school I can make the most of an ally! Synonyms transition, development, progress, progression, move, change, shift, conversion, metamorphosis 3.1The passing of a bill into law: a catalyst for the unrest was the passage of a privatization law... So the parliamentary passage of the bill holds additional significance in that it may pave the way for the two allies of 50 years to mend their sour relations. We are writing to ask you to support the Children's Food Bill in its passage through Parliament. Some civic organizations and academic circles asserted that the previous passage of the particular bills was null and void, as they were voted upon without the required quorum. Synonyms enactment, passing, ratification, acceptance, approval, adoption, authorization, sanction, validation, legalization, endorsement 4A short extract from a book or other printed material: he picked up the newspaper and read the passage again... I'll read a short passage from my book Four Seasons in Five Senses, that talks about that connection we have with memory, the land and ultimately generation. Look, there are lots of narrative shifts in this book with short passages, and this gives a sense of dislocation too, for the reader; one voice and then another. The most sobering part of the book is a short passage where Guttenplan elaborates this country's history of anti-Semitism. Synonyms extract, excerpt, quotation, quote, citation, cite, reading, section, piece, selection, part, snippet, fragment, portion; text, paragraph, verse, stanza, canto, line, sentence, phrase 4.1A section of a piece of music: an orchestral passage... This is especially noticeable in full orchestral and choral passages. Students can slow down the tempo or loop a particular section of music to practice difficult passages. Her favorites were the soulful climaxes of country-western ballads and the tutti passages of Mozart orchestral works. 4.2An episode in a spell of longer activity such as a sporting event: a neat passage of midfield play... As the game ebbed and flowed there was little to choose between the sides, but York extended their lead just before half time when a good passage of play involving backs and forwards brought a second try for the speedy Kama. It was just the tonic the visitors needed and soon afterwards the second row forward finished of a fine passage of play involving forwards and backs with the second try, this time converted by Cooke. They did the spadework for the score in a good passage of support play, Wade arriving on cue to drive over and finish off the movement. 5 Medicine & Biology paˈsɑːʒ The propagation of microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence: cultured cells can replicate on serial passage for predictable periods of time... Fourth, after some 30 passages, cells cultured at 33°C stopped proliferating, suggesting a senescent state. Cells of the eighth passages of culture were used. In some other cases, sequences were verified after a series of passages on a host. verb /paˈsɑːʒ / [with object] Medicine & Biology Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage: each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively... The strain was passaged in mice, subcultured in Middlebrook 7H9 broth (Fisher, Pittsburgh, PA), and used for aerosol infection when the optical density at 600 nm was 0.9. To test whether either mutant underwent delayed telomere elongation, the mutant strains were extensively passaged by serial colony streaking and telomere lengths were monitored periodically. All of the strains were passaged for >30 generations before genomic DNA was isolated; additional passages of 60 generations showed no differences in telomere lengths from those illustrated in Fig 4B (data not shown). Phrases passage of (or at) arms work one's passage Origin Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin passus 'pace'. passage2 /paˈsɑːʒ / noun A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing. Origin Early 18th century: from French, from an alteration of Italian passeggiare 'to walk, pace', based on Latin passus 'pace'.
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