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单词 elapse
释义 elapse
I. \ə̇ˈlaps, ēˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin elapsus, past participle of elabi to slip away, escape, from e- + labi to fall, slide — more at sleep
intransitive verb
: to slip by : glide away : pass — usually used of time
 < after 1330, a whole generation elapses before there is another recorded demand for annual parliaments — J.G.Edwards >
transitive verb
obsolete : to permit (time) to pass : outlast, overstay
II. noun
(-s)
1. archaic : a flowing out : emanation
2. of time : passage, expiration
 < after the elapse of five years the screen is now permitted to dramatize the greatest news event of the modern age — Louise Mace >
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