释义 |
passage1 /pasˈij/ noun- A means or way of passing
- An alley
- A corridor or lobby
- A navigable channel or route
- A crossing-place, ford, ferry, bridge, or mountain-pass
- A duct or vessel in the body
- An act of passing
- Transit
- A crossing
- Migration
- Transition
- Lapse, course
- Transmission
- Evacuation of the bowels
- The passing of a bill
- A journey (now only by water or air, or figurative)
- Right of conveyance
- Possibility of passing
- That which passes
- Traffic (Shakespeare)
- An occurrence, incident, episode
- Transaction, interchange of communication or intercourse, dealings together
- A continuous but indefinite portion of a book, piece of music, etc, of moderate length
- A run, figure, or phrase in music
- A stage in the maintenance or controlled development of micro-organisms under analysis, in which they are introduced into the host or culture, allowed to multiply, and extracted (biology)
- An old dicing game, the object to throw doublets above (passing) ten, with three dice
intransitive verb To make or perform a passage transitive verb (biology)To submit (a micro-organism) to a passage ORIGIN: Fr passage, from L passus step passage beds plural noun (geology) Transitional strata passˈage-boat noun A boat plying regularly for passengers passage grave noun A burial chamber situated below ground and connected to the surface by a passage passage hawk noun A hawk caught while migrating, esp when immature passˈage-money noun Fare passˈageway noun - A way of access
- A corridor
- An alley
passˈagework noun Music that allows a performer to display virtuosity bird of passage - A migratory bird
- A transient visitor (figurative)
passage of arms - Any armed struggle
- An encounter, esp in words
work one's passage To earn one's passage at sea by unpaid labour on board (also figurative) passage2 /pas-äzhˈ or pasˈij/ (dressage) noun- A slow sideways walk
- A rhythmical trot with diagonal pairs of legs lifted high
intransitive verb To move at a passage transitive verb To cause (a horse) to move at a passage ORIGIN: Fr passager, from passéger, from Ital passeggiare to walk, from L passus step |