| 单词 | passing |
| 释义 | adjective | noun passingpassing1 /ˈpæsɪŋ/ adjective [only before noun] 1going past: noise from passing traffic2continuing only a short time and not very serious SYN brief: a passing glance passing fashions He didn’t even give the matter a passing thought.► see thesaurus at short13with each passing day/week etc. continuously as time passes: The costs of medical insurance seem to increase with each passing year.4only a small amount SYN slight: She bore a passing resemblance to her cousin (=she looked slightly like him). a passing knowledge of Spanish5a passing remark is one you make while you are talking or writing about something else: He made a passing reference to cutting the nation’s debt. adjective | noun passingpassing2 noun [uncountable] 1in passing if you say something in passing, you mention it while you are mainly talking about something else: mention/say/note something in passing The issue was mentioned, but only in passing.2the fact of something ending or gradually stopping: the passing of the Cold War3the act or skill of throwing or kicking the ball to another member of your team: They lost the game partly because of ineffective passing.4the passing of time/the years the process of time going by: The passing of the years has not weakened his artistic ability.5somebody’s passing an expression meaning someone’s death, used when you want to avoid saying this directly: There was no one to mourn his passing. |
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