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单词 passade
释义 passade|pəˈseɪd|
[a. F. passade, ad. Pr. passada or It. passata (Sp. pasada), f. passare to pass: see -ade, -ada, -ata.]
1. Horsemanship. (See quots.) rare.
1656Blount Glossogr. [from Cotgr.], Passade,..the manage of a Horse, backward and forward.1727–41Chambers Cycl., Passade, in the manage, signifies a turn, or course of a horse backwards or forwards on the same plot of ground; passing or repassing from one end to the other.1892B. Hinton Lord's Return 214 The action of Sir Walter was like the passade in the manege, a turn backward, forward, without being able to extricate himself.
2. An alms given to a passer-by. Obs. rare.
1656Blount Glossogr. [from Cotgr.], Passade, an alms, benevolence or entertainment given by, or to a Passenger.1658in Phillips.1727–41in Chambers Cycl.
3. = next, 1. Obs. rare.
1706Phillips, Passade or Passado, a Pass or Thrust in Fencing.1727–41in Chambers Cycl.
4. (With pronunc. pasad). A transitory love affair; a passing romance.
1931Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 134/2 His [sc. Mérimée's] singular passade with George Sand.1934H. G. Wells Exper. Autobiogr. II. vii. 465 The French..distinguish between the passade, a stroke of mutual attraction that may happen to any couple, and a real love affair. In theory, I was now to have passades.Ibid. 466 For women even more than for men, the frequent passade seems unattractive.1937Brynhild ix. 176 This lady had experienced two grand passions and a vast number of minor passades... The term passade was new to Brynhild. She tried to imagine the technique of a passade.1938Apropos of Dolores iv. 158 She has a wonderful French word ‘passades’. She may have passades. Possibly with rather scared youngish men.1973Wodehouse Bachelors Anonymous viii. 88 ‘Sure I did, the first moment I got here,’ said Mr Llewellyn, feeling it unnecessary to complicate things by mentioning his passade with Miss Vera Dalrymple.
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