单词 | pass-by |
释义 | pass-byn. 1. An act of passing by. rare before late 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > passover passing-by1523 by-passing1526 pass-by1550 Passover1726 society > travel > [noun] > action of thoroughfare1597 pass-by1661 1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 73v This is the Lordes Passeby, or Passeouer, euen so sayth Christ in the newe Testament. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 66 We see the face of Truth, but as we do one anothers, when we walk the streets, in a careless Pass-by. 1793 J. Byng Diary 20 Aug. in C. B. Andrews Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 316 I enquired my way to Castle-Ashby..at which I could not be so near, without visiting; a pass-by would disgrace me. 1986 New Yorker 22 Sept. 59/1 For these passbys, the sannyasins would line up along the roads. 1991 Supermarket News (Nexis) 14 11 Departments with high consumer pass-bys, but low consumer purchases are floral, seafood, pharmacy, [etc.] 2003 Pop. Sci. June 94/2 Exhaust sounds must comply with ‘passby noise tests’, which measure the sound pressure level outside the vehicle. 2. A passer-by. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes passera1382 passantc1436 passer-by1568 by-passer1573 pass-by1602 passer-through1843 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 135 There is alwaies some dogge in the dorter of Gods Church waking, readie to barke at euerie passe-by out of the way. 1989 O'Dwyer's PR Services Rep. (Nexis) Sept. 26 A prime location, either a central court or a site near an entrance, should attract ‘pass-bys’. 3. Mining. A place on a railway where vehicles can pass one another. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > landing- or passing-place shamble1671 passing doors1839 pass-by1883 1797 J. Curr Coal Viewer 26 Pass bye plates. Useful for 2 horses going contrary ways and passing each other with a draught of corves. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining (at cited word) A plan of a pass-by as sometimes constructed upon a self-acting inclined plane. 1892 Daily News 3 Mar. 5/7 ‘Pass-bys’, as they are called, have to be placed at short intervals along all passages in which there is less than about 4½ feet of clear space between the rails and the wall. 1905 R. W. Moore in J. Wilson Victoria Hist. Cumberland II. 353/2 Where the rolley-road was long there were stages at which there were sidings or pass-byes. 1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 50 §43(3) Where, in the case of any mine, sets or trains of tubs are coupled or uncoupled at the face, or at the pass-bye next the face. 1967 Gloss. Mining Terms (B.S.I.) x. 11 Pass-by. 1. A siding in an underground haulage track having a turnout at both ends to the main line... 2. A loop of track around the shift at the pit bottom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550 |
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