passing

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɑːsɪŋ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Death, dying; the end of something. countable,uncountable
  2. The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. countable,uncountable
    — And since he did not see Louie by the folding door, Louie knew that in his former passings and repassings he could not have seen her either.
  3. The act of approving a bill etc. countable,uncountable
    — But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash.
  4. The act of passing a ball etc. to another player. countable,uncountable
  5. A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings. countable,uncountable
  6. The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own. countable,uncountable
    — When there is a discrepancy between an individual's actual social identity and his virtual one, it is possible for this fact to be known to us before we normals contact him, or to be quite evident when he presents himself before us. He is a discredited person, and it is mainly he I have been dealing with until now. … However, when his differentness is not immediately apparent, and is not known beforehand, … he is a discreditable, not a discredited person …. The issue is … that of managing information about his failing. To display or not to display; to tell or not to tell; to let on or not to let on; to lie or not to lie; and in each case, to whom, how, when, and where. … It is this second general issue, the management of undisclosed discrediting information about self, that I am focusing on in these notes - in brief, 'passing'.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of pass form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. That passes away; ephemeral.
    — And solace sought he none from priest nor leech, / And soon the same in movement and in speech / As heretofore he fill'd the passing hours […]
  2. Pre-eminent, excellent, extreme. archaic,literary
    — her passing deformity
  3. Vague, cursory.
    — to make a passing comment
  4. Going past.
    — passing cars
  5. That passes in any sense.
    — a passing transsexual
副词 adv.
  1. Surpassingly, greatly. archaic,literary,not-comparable
    — [...] for she was called a fair lady, and a passing wise, and her name was called Igraine.

词形变化

more passing comparative most passing superlative passings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
non-passing passing game passing of time with the passing of time passingly passingness Korea Passing passing lane passing pocket
相关词
buck-passing continuation passing style continuation-passing style in passing passing bell passing-bell passing grade passing loop passing note passing off passing place passing shot passing show passing tone

词源

词源 1
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
English -ing
English passing
From pass + -ing.
词源 2
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
English -ing
English passing
From pass + -ing.
词源 3
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
English -ing
English passing
From pass + -ing.
词源 4
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
English -ing
English passing
From pass + -ing.
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