| 单词 | bypass |
| 释义 | bypass —bypasser, by-passer, n. /buy"pas', -pahs'/, n. , v. , bypassed or (Rare) bypast; bypassed or bypast; bypassing. n. 1. a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction. 2. a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance. 3. Elect. shunt (def. 9). 4. a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented. Cf. coronary bypass, gastric bypass, heart-lung machine, intestinal bypass. v.t. 5. to avoid (an obstruction, city, etc.) by following a bypass. 6. to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or bypass. 7. to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of: He bypassed the foreman and took his grievance straight to the owner. Also, by-pass. [1840-50; appar. back formation from by-passage; see BY1 (adj.), PASSAGE1] |
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