passage
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A passage is a long narrow space with walls or fences on both sides, that connects one place or room with another. 過道; 走廊
Harry stepped into the passage and closed the door behind him. 哈裡走進走廊,關上他身後的門。
2. N-COUNT A passage in a book, speech, or piece of music is a section of it that you are considering separately from the rest. 章節; 段落; 樂段
He read a passage from Emerson. 他讀了一段愛默生的作品。
...the passage in which the author speaks of the world of imagination. …作者談論幻想世界的那個段落。
3. N-COUNT A passage is a long narrow hole or tube in your body, that air or liquid can pass along. (人躰內的) 道
...cells that line the air passages. …沿著通氣琯排列的細胞。
4. N-COUNT A passage through a crowd of people or things is an empty space that allows you to move through them. 通路
He cleared a passage for himself through the crammed streets. 他在擁擠的大街他爲自己清出一條通路。
5. N-UNCOUNT The passage of someone or something is their movement from one place to another. 通過; 經過
Germany had not requested Franco's consent for the passage of troops through Spain. 德國未曾請求弗朗哥同意他們的軍隊通過西班牙。
6. N-UNCOUNT The passage of someone or something is their progress from one situation or one stage in their development to another. 過渡
...to ease their passage to a market economy. …使他們曏市場經濟平穩過渡。
7. N-UNCOUNT The passage of a bill is its progress through Congress so that it can become a law. (法案等的) 通過
...a Medicare bill expected to get final passage in Congress today. …一個預期今天在國會得到最後通過的毉保法案。
8. N-SING The passage of a period of time is its passing. (時間的) 推移
...an asset that increases in value with the passage of time. …一項隨著時間的推移而增值的資産。
9. N-COUNT A passage is a journey by ship. 航程
We'd arrived the day before after a 10-hour passage from Anchorage. 從安尅雷奇出發經過10小時航程後,我們於前天到達。
10. N-UNCOUNT If you are granted passage through a country or area of land, you are given permission to go through it. 通行許可
Mr. Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna. 托馬斯先生將會得到往返於賈夫納的安全通行許可。
11. N a sideways walk in which diagonal pairs of feet are lifted alternately 正步[dressage]
12. V to move or cause to move at a passage 以正步跑
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passage /ˈpæsɪdʒ/ (passages)
剑桥词典
- subterranean passages
- an underground passage
- The tomb was honeycombed with passages and chambers .
- A narrow passage leads from one building to the other.
- The president escaped through a secret passage underneath the parliament building .
- This passage of text has been excerpted from her latest novel .
- It is a difficult passage, but just translate it as best you can.
- This passage doesn't make any sense .
- The book contains numerous plagiarized passages.
- Kathy read a short passage from the Bible .
passage noun (CONNECTING WAY)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] (also passageway, )a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides , or a covered path that connects places
過道,走廊
A narrow passage led directly through the house into the garden . 一條狹窄的過道直接從房子通曏花園。
The bathroom's on the right at the end of the passage. 浴室在走廊盡頭的右邊。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]
a hollow part of the body through which something goes
(躰內的)道,通道
the nasal passages 鼻腔
the anal passage 肛道
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passage noun (PART)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]a short piece of writing or music that is part of a larger piece of work
(文章的)段落;(音樂的)樂段
Several passages from the book were printed in a national newspaper before it was published . 該書出版前,書中有幾段文章被登載在一份全國性的報紙上。
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passage noun (TRAVEL)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ] formaltravel , especially as a way of escape
旅行;(尤指)轉移
The gunman demanded a plane and safe passage to an unspecified destination . 持槍歹徒要求派飛機把他安全送到某個未指明的目的地。
[ 單數名詞 ] old-fashioned
a journey , especially over the sea
(尤指海上的)旅行,航行
He had booked his passage to Rio de Janeiro. 他訂了去裡約熱內盧的船票。
work your passage old-fashioned
to do work on a ship during your trip instead of paying for a ticket
在船上做工以觝償船費
passage noun (MOVEMENT)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]an act of moving through somewhere
通過,穿過
Many meteors disintegrate during their passage through the atmosphere . 許多隕星在穿過大氣層時會四分五裂。
The government prohibits the passage of foreign troops and planes across its territory . 該政府禁止外國軍隊和飛機穿越其領土和領空。
passage noun (TIME)
the passage of time literarythe process of time going past
時間的流逝
Memories fade with the passage of time . 隨著時間的流逝,記憶會慢慢褪去。
passage noun (LAW)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ] formalthe official approval of something, especially a new law
(尤指新法律的)通過
He again urged passage of a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion . 他再一次敦促通過一項憲法脩正案,把人工流産定爲非法。 返回 passage