单词 | passing |
释义 | passing —passingly, adv. —passingness, n. /pas"ing, pah"sing/, adj. 1. going by or past; elapsing: He was feeling better with each passing day. 2. brief, fleeting, or fortuitous; transitory: to take a passing fancy to something. 3. done, given, etc., in passing; cursory: a passing mention. 4. surpassing, preeminent, or extreme. 5. indicating satisfactory performance in a course, on a paper, in a test, etc.: a passing grade on a test. adv. 6. surpassingly; exceedingly; very. n. 7. the act of a person or thing that passes or causes something to pass. 8. a means or place of passage. 9. in passing, by the way; incidentally: The speaker mentioned his latest book in passing. [1275-1325; ME; see PASS, -ING2, -ING1] |
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