单词 | to pass by |
释义 | > as lemmasto pass by to pass by 1. a. intransitive. To go or proceed past; to move on without stopping; to flow past. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] to come overeOE passc1300 to pass byc1390 overwend?a1400 to go over1415 to pass througha1425 overdrawa1450 to make over1488 to get overa1500 transita1500 transire1592 to make through1606 transpass1626 to get through1694 c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 1124 To Cristes chirche he dide greet honour, But I lete al this storie passen by [v.r. passen me by]—of Custaunce is my tale specially. a1425 Dialogue Reason & Adversity (Cambr.) (1968) 35 (MED) Þoow þi dore stond wide open, flateres wole passen bi; jdel men with þer feet schul not defile þi þreschfold. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) 278 (MED) To a wode they wente in hye There the quene schulde passe by, And there stode they all stylle. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 301 The Englishmen passed by without anye approchyng. 1611 Bible (King James) Lament. i. 12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that passe by ? View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 398. ⁋1 He saw Robin the Porter..passing by. 1799 R. Southey Ruined Cottage in Wks. (1838) III. 32 The countrymen..leaning o'er the bridge,..would all look up When she pass'd by. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xix. 32 There twice a day the Severn fills, The salt sea-water passes by . View more context for this quotation 2000 Roofing Trades Jrnl. Jan. 28/2 Do not throw..slates, tiles etc from the roof or scaffold—someone may be passing by. b. transitive. To go past without stopping, or without taking notice; to overlook, ignore, disregard. Cf. to pass over at Phrasal verbs 1.When the object comes after by (as in quot. 1742) rather than after pass, the construction can also be interpreted as an intransitive verb with a preposition and its object. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > omit, pass over forgetc950 overhipc1300 overgoa1382 overpassa1382 passa1382 to step over ——1387 to pass overc1390 overslipa1400 overskipc1400 overslide1488 overstartc1500 neglect1511 skip1531 to pass by1560 intermit1570 leap1600 overjump1604 jump1749 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 15634 (MED) Quer i sal þis calice drinc, or i sal pass þar-bi?] 1560 Bible (Geneva) Prov. xix. 11 His glorie is to passe by an offence. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 77 Better to wink at, and passe by an iniurie. 1677 A. Horneck Great Law Consideration (1704) v. 297 These observables are passed by as things out of his element. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. i. 3 But I pass by these and many others, to mention two Books lately published. View more context for this quotation 1788 Parl. Hist. XXVII. 22 Such officers as were passed by in a promotion of captains to flags. a1822 P. B. Shelley Allegory in Posthumous Poems (1824) 197 Many passed it by with careless tread..But others..Pause to examine. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xiii. 278 That Eadward might rightly pass by an incompetent minor. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xlvii. 236 The fear seized him that love would pass him by. 1989 R. J. Smith Unknown CIA vii. 139 Though visibly unconvinced, he accepted our assurances and passed it by. 2. intransitive. Of time or a period of time: to elapse, come to an end. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time [verb (intransitive)] > expire or run out to run outa1400 outrunc1425 to pass by1488 to draw by1850 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 2 Quhen passyt by the hycht was off the hette. 1532 Romaunt Rose in Wks. G. Chaucer f. cxxixv/2 For [er] men thynke it redily Thre tymes ben passed by. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 266 Now is past by the skant time of the ȝeir. Meit grew at large and vittaillis was not deir. 1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 260 Let the foolish April-fool-day pass by. 1885 Manch. Weekly Times 20 June 5/5 A generation would pass by before the adversaries..would find their way back to power. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 10/1 Ten years have passed by since I first was swung between supporting posts in the white picket fence. 1990 Nat. Hist. June 6/2 Hardly a day passed by when this subject went unmentioned. to pass by —— to pass by —— intransitive. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Ezek. xliv. 2 This ȝate shal be closid..and a man shal not passe by [a1425 L.V. passe thorou; L. transibit per] it. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. 1843 (MED) Wher as sche passeth be the strete, Ther was ful many a tymber bete. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 600 (MED) He passed many high mowntayne..Til he come to þat leþir sty Þat him byhoved pass by. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 55 (MED) It is more hesy..a chamel to pasyn be the nedelys eye. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxi [They] assauted the Alyens as they passed by the stretes. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 141 As we came to this citie we passed by Lions, where we soiourned twoo daies. 2. To go past; = sense 10a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (intransitive)] > move past apassc1330 passc1330 to pass by ——c1395 to go byc1449 to come byc1450 to go (also flow, run, etc.) past1542 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 7267 Þai..sei ȝen paiens..Al day passen hem forbi.] c1395 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 1585 Thanne sholde he se ful many a figure pace By his mirour. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 52 I supposed to haue passed by hym peasibly toward this feste. a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 64 (MED) As Jhesu passed by me, y cryed wyth an hygh voyce and seyde, ‘Jhesu, sone of Dauyd, haue mercy on me.’ 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 39 Please it our generall passe strangely by him: As if he were forgot. View more context for this quotation 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer ii. i As he passed by my window the last training-day. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 63. ¶6 I heard several double Rhymes as I passed by them. 1769 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 182 Lord Chatham passed by my door on Friday morning. 1898 I. Zangwill Dreamers of Ghetto 237 We passed by the village Beth-Hamidrash. 1934 H. Haslund Tents in Mongolia vi. 59 We passed by two colossal heaps of stones. 1993 W. Baldwin Hard to catch Mercy iii. 63 We passed by a number of sorry cabins and small clearings. to pass under (also by) b. intransitive. to pass under (also by): to be generally known by (a particular name). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > have or bear (name) > be known as to go under the name of1566 to pass under (also by)a1643 a1643 W. Cartwright Siedge ii. ii, in Comedies (1651) sig. H4v Where you are best esteem'd You only pass under the favourable Name Of humble Cozens, that sit below the Salt. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. i. 18 The whole Province of Campania had like to have been ruin'd by an Imposition upon the People, which pass'd under the Name of a Coemption. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. App. iii. 518 Davis..discovered the Straits which pass by his name. 1894 T. H. Huxley Evol. & Ethics Prolegom. 13 That progressive modification of civilisation which passes by the name of the ‘evolution of society’. 1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. ii. 38 The recovered wool passes under various names such as mungo, shoddy, alpaca and extract. 1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind xiii. 402 The ceaseless surge of fevers which, in a time of pre-bacteriology, passed under names like ‘putrid fever’. < as lemmas |
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