passer

名词 n.
/ˈpɑːsə(ɹ)/    /ˈpæsəɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
    — The distributions of scores on the exam for passers and failers are plotted […]
  2. One who passes something along; a distributor.
    — a passer of counterfeit banknotes
  3. Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
    — A superb passer of the ball, we expected him to wipe the floor with the opposition.
  4. Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.; A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
  5. A passed pawn. informal
  6. One who passes; a passer-by. archaic
    — There was a promise of it in the gorgeous purity of the western sky; there was an intimation in the mild, unimpertinent gaze of the passers of a certain natural facility in things.
  7. One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
    — Explores the history, literature, and sociology of passing, and provides case studies of six individuals who are "passers," including a black man who passed as a white Jew and a lesbian naval officer who passed as straight.

词形变化

passers plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.
Proto-Italic *pattus
Vulgar Latin passus
Proto-Italic *-āzi

Vulgar Latin -ereinflu.
Vulgar Latin -āre
Vulgar Latin *passāre
Old French passerbor.
Middle English passen
English pass
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English passer
From pass + -er.
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