| 单词 | pass |
| 释义 | pass I. intransitive verb 1. a. < from group to group the girls pass, laughing, prattling — Lafcadio Hearn > b. < the excess nitrogen passes rapidly into the capillaries — H.G.Armstrong > < could pass again into his neutral, godlike independence — R.W.Emerson > < all that lives must die, passing through nature, to eternity — Shakespeare > c. < the blood passes through the lungs — H.G.Armstrong > < passes between the rolling slopes — American Guide Series: Arkansas > < passed freely along the great caravan routes — H.J.J.Winter > d. < we pass down the centuries to Anselm — H.O.Taylor > < before I pass to other matters — J.M.Wordie > 2. a. < the fright passes almost immediately — Fred Majdalany > b. < every morning I pray God to let me pass — Virginia Woolf > < when she passed there were editorials about her — New York Herald Tribune Book Review > — often used with on 3. a. < the wind passed again blowing up dust and rain — Greville Texidor > < the mail passed twice a week — John Burroughs > < the remark passed unnoticed — T.B.Costain > b. < could not let this moment pass without a few words of explanation — Gwyn Thomas > < poetical works conceived in the spirit of the passing time — Matthew Arnold > c. < the strangeness of his life passed, and he began to feel what this city was — Pearl Buck > < aid … could not be given before the crisis had passed — C.L.Jones > d. < do not pass on the right > < no passing permitted > 4. a. < guarded the door and permitted no one to pass > < better than ordinary glass, since they allowed the sun's actinic rays to pass — American Guide Series: Michigan > b. < if malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy, shall that pass — R.W.Emerson > < such behavior cannot pass in a schoolroom > c. 5. a. < from the college he passed to the novitiate of the order — American Guide Series: Maryland > < was first a stock clerk, passed from that to other service departments — Current Biography > b. < a good player on a modern pianoforte can pass at will … from an almost inaudible softness to a thundering loudness — R.V.Williams > < pass from relaxation and refreshment back to the routine of life's clamant duties — W.F.Hambly > < passes from a liquid to a gaseous state > c. < pass … imperceptibly from youth to age — D.H.Barber > < passed … from a primitive, prehistoric stage … to the more advanced civilized state — David Bidney > d. < passed from the study of physiology to the study of psychology — A.N.Whitehead > 6. a. of a jury (1) (2) b. < judgment passed for the defendant > c. (1) < the court did not pass on the constitutional question > < the jury found it difficult to pass upon the case because of the conflicting testimony > (2) < our concern here is not to pass upon the merits of a particular controversy — R.M.Weaver > d. of a juryman 7. a. < sold the house … the title passed this afternoon — J.C.Lincoln > b. < the throne passed to Darius the Great — W.K.Ferguson > < the institution passed from parish to state control — American Guide Series: Louisiana > 8. a. < commenting freely on the transactions as they pass — W.L.Sperry > b. < what hath passed between me and Ford's wife — Shakespeare > < words passed and then blows > c. < no one could tell what was passing within his mind > < visions of the future passed through his mind > 9. a. < the tax bill passed by a slim majority > < the proposal to change the date of the dance passed by unanimous vote of the class council > b. < took the scholarship examination and passed > < did badly in the course and barely passed > c. < in a day when much that is careless and slipshod passes in the name of realism — Sara H. Hay > < boatmen's skirts with blue stripes and a crew neck pass nicely too — Horace Sutton > 10. a. < bank notes pass so long as nobody refuses them — William James > b. < pass in society not for the person you are, but as a labeled dummy — Stuart Chase > < the doggerel verse that passed as poetry — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < passed for being a very devoted couple — Mary Deasy > c. < dreary lines of shell-like hovels that pass for dwellings — American Guide Series: Virginia > < that awful jargon that passes for English — John Hilton > d. < the heroine who has been passing in the North, comes home to the South … to live among and learn to love her people — Commentary > 11. a. obsolete < you but dally, I pray you pass with your best violence — Shakespeare > b. < the situation called for a kick but he decided to pass > 12. a. (1) (2) (3) b. transitive verb 1. a. < the reviews of a few dramatic critics pass all others in the influence they have > < used to be the largest city in the state, but has now been passed by several others > b. < had passed the barbaric stage when they invaded Chaldea — Edward Clodd > c. < his drive to provide planetariums for the millions passed several important milestones — S.M.Spencer > < those who pass 90 begin to think about reaching 100 — Morris Fishbein > < this information will never pass my lips > d. < passed the other runners in the homestretch > e. < so new to our experience that it passes comprehension — Saturday Review > 2. a. < passes the school on his way to work > < an avenue that passes several large churches — American Guide Series: Arkansas > b. (1) obsolete < could not pass admiring the great church — John Evelyn > (2) c. < pass the trivial details and get to the heart of the story > 3. a. < pass the straits and conquer the mountains — Walt Whitman > < nevermore did either pass the gate — Alfred Tennyson > b. < she loved me for the dangers I had passed — Shakespeare > c. < you may pass half an hour pleasantly, even profitably, over an article of his — R.L.Stevenson > < passed the summer at the beach > < pass his life in study > 4. a. < the bill passed the senate > b. < passed the bar examination > < had passed a security check — Time > 5. a. obsolete < where he might hear his father pass the deed — Ben Jonson > b. (1) < the legislature passed the bill > < the committee passed the nomination > (2) < gave his work perfunctory attention and passed it without effort or interest — E.T.Bell > < always passed the final page proofs of the paper personally — Times Literary Supplement > c. < his commander quietly passed his likes or dislikes — George Meredith > d. < the examiner passed him on his written test but failed him on his road test > < the professor passed most of his students > 6. a. < had passed his word that he would repay the debt > b. < pass the title to an estate > 7. a. < passed a counterfeit ten-dollar bill > < caught passing bad checks > < passes malicious gossip about her neighbors > b. < pass the jug > < please pass the salt > < the problem of passing prosperity around — Elmer Davis > < signed the attendance sheet and passed it on > c. < waited till the soldiers and wounded were all passed over — Walt Whitman > d. < passed his hand over his face > < passed the cloth over the top of the desk > e. (1) < pass a line around a sail in furling > (2) < passed a rope around the tree > f. < passed the ball to the left end > < passed the puck to his teammate > g. < they'd pass a ball back and forth or play jackstones — Dorothy C. Fisher > 8. a. < passed sentence on the convicted man > b. < passing a word now and again with the man on the other side of the marble-topped table — Nevil Shute > < passes some practical remarks on the present standard locomotive designs — British Book News > 9. a. b. < the general passed his troops in review > < passes rapidly in review the various forms of association between human beings — Times Literary Supplement > 10. 11. a. b. 12. a. b. 13. • - pass current - pass in one's checks - pass muster - pass the buck - pass the chair - pass the hat - pass the time of day II. 1. a. (1) archaic (2) b. (1) < has the lowest altitude of the three main passes across the Cascades — American Guide Series: Washington > — compare col, defile, gap, notch (2) < the Pass of Thermopylae > c. (1) < believe that the government sold the pass when it abandoned its ally > (2) < our few repertory companies have held the pass — Report: (Canadian) Royal Commission on National Development > d. (1) < attempts were made to increase the depth of the passes by dredging with buckets — American Guide Series: Louisiana > (2) < when the engine that propelled us through the pass had ceased its clatter, we lay, sails set, rocking in the swell — Ida Treat > (3) e. (1) (2) 2. 3. 4. Synonyms: see way III. 1. a. < charming the narrow seas to give you gentle pass — Shakespeare > b. archaic 2. < the boy's dream comes to pass — R.W.Emerson > < plot and plan and bring to pass — Robert Browning > 3. < things had come to a pretty pass when nobody would work for him any more > < a strange pass > < a terrible pass > 4. a. < under its provisions vagrancy was no more an offence, and … folk were free to move without passes — C.W. de Kiewiet > < obtained a pass to any port of the Low Countries — Margaret Toynbee > b. < if only all of life could be a three-day pass — James Jones > c. d. < has a season pass to the ball park > — called also free pass 5. 6. a. < one of the most difficult passes for the amateur magician to make > b. < would make passes before the picture, finally making the gesture of picking a grape off the canvas — Victoria Sackville-West > c. < it takes practice to learn to make the pass > d. < a recalcitrant mechanism responded almost instantly to two or three passes of his hands — Ben Riker > 7. archaic < a curious pass of wit — William Hazlitt > 8. < the examiners may award a pass with distinction to any candidates who have attained a sufficiently high standard in all subjects — Durham University Cal. > < a pass mark > < a pass grade > 9. a. b. c. d. (1) (2) 10. a. < threw a long pass into the corner > < threw a pass the length of the court > b. c. 11. 12. a. b. c. 13. 14. < made several low passes over the field so the ground crew could inspect the wheel by searchlight — Time > < made seven passes at that gun, each time dropping one bomb — Ira Wolfert > < the satellite will make its first pass over the eastern half of the country at 4 a.m. > 15. a. < guessed wrong on the crime the first time they made a pass at it — Erle Stanley Gardner > < told me in French, after a few unsuccessful passes in other languages — A.J.Liebling > b. < was always accusing her of making passes at other men — Time > < a girl must be able to recognize a pass — Bernard De Voto > 16. < makes his passes with a stylized, classical grace that catches crowds by the throat — John Stanton > Synonyms: see juncture IV. 1. 2. 3. 4. |
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