Elapse



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. ( 光阴) 消逝
• ［英］ v. ( 光阴) 消逝 ( to slip or glide away; pass)
• ［记］ e+lapse ( =leave离开) -> 离去 -> 消逝; 参考:eclipse ( 失去名声)
• ［例］ Time elapsed slowly when I waited for the bus.

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (elapsed; elapsing)

• Etymology: Latin elapsus, past participle of elabi, from e- + labi to slip — more at sleep
• Date: 1644
• pass, go by <four years elapsed before he returned>

II. noun

• Date: circa 1677
• passage <returned after an elapse of 15 years>

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