| 单词 | passing |
| 释义 | passing (once / 70 pages) 1adjn 2nadj 3nadj 4n 5adv Something that's passing happens very quickly. If you give someone a passing glance, you look so briefly in their direction that you barely see them. Passing is one of those versatile words with many different uses. A passing reference is a light, brief mention of something, and a passing grade is one that's high enough for you to pass a test. As a noun, passing often means "the end of something," like the passing of an era — while the passing of a person means death. When you talk about something "in passing," you mention it is a casual way. WORD FAMILYpassing: passinger, passings+/impassable: impassably/overpass: overpasses, overpast/pass: overpass, passable, passage, passed, passer, passes, passing, underpass/passable: impassable, passably, unpassable/passage: passages/passer: passers/underpass: underpasses USAGE EXAMPLESThe league continues to evolve, with the passing game becoming more dominant. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) It is quite similar to ‘passing the peace’ in church on Sunday when “The Lord be with you!” is answered with “And also with you!” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Bills passing attack did hold them back by finishing 30th. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj lasting a very short time a passing fancy Syn ephemeral, fugacious, short-lived, transient, transitory impermanent, temporary not permanent; not lasting 2adj hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough a passing glance Syn casual, cursory, perfunctory careless marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful 3n the end of something the passing of winter Hyper end, final stage, last the concluding parts of an event or occurrence 4n euphemistic expressions for death 2thousands mourned his passing Syn|Hyper departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, release death, decease, expiry the event of dying or departure from life 1n (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate the coach sent in a passing play on third and long Syn|Hypo|Hyper pass, passing game, passing play aerial, forward pass a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer lateral, lateral passa pass to a receiver upfield from the passer spot passa pass to a designated spot on the field; the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does flare, flare passa short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines screen passa short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers football play (American football) a play by the offensive team 2adj of advancing the ball by throwing it 3a team with a good passing attack Syn|Ant pass running of advancing the ball by running 1n success in satisfying a test or requirement Syn|Ant|Hyper pass, qualifying failing, flunk failure to reach a minimum required performance success an attainment that is successful 2adj allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily 4a passing grade Syn satisfactory giving satisfaction 1n the motion of one object relative to another stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets Syn|Hyper passage motion, movement a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something 2n going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me Syn|Hyper overtaking reordering a rearrangement in a different order 3n a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another 5the passing of flatus Syn|Hyper passage reaction, response a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent adv to an extreme degree Syn exceedingly, extremely, super |
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