passage
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A passage is a long narrow space with walls or fences on both sides, that connects one place or room with another. 过道; 走廊
Harry stepped into the passage and closed the door behind him. 哈里走进走廊，关上他身后的门。
2. N-COUNT A passage in a book, speech, or piece of music is a section of it that you are considering separately from the rest. 章节; 段落; 乐段
He read a passage from Emerson. 他读了一段爱默生的作品。
...the passage in which the author speaks of the world of imagination. …作者谈论幻想世界的那个段落。
3. N-COUNT A passage is a long narrow hole or tube in your body, that air or liquid can pass along. (人体内的) 道
...cells that line the air passages. …沿着通气管排列的细胞。
4. N-COUNT A passage through a crowd of people or things is an empty space that allows you to move through them. 通路
He cleared a passage for himself through the crammed streets. 他在拥挤的大街他为自己清出一条通路。
5. N-UNCOUNT The passage of someone or something is their movement from one place to another. 通过; 经过
Germany had not requested Franco's consent for the passage of troops through Spain. 德国未曾请求弗朗哥同意他们的军队通过西班牙。
6. N-UNCOUNT The passage of someone or something is their progress from one situation or one stage in their development to another. 过渡
...to ease their passage to a market economy. …使他们向市场经济平稳过渡。
7. N-UNCOUNT The passage of a bill is its progress through Congress so that it can become a law. (法案等的) 通过
...a Medicare bill expected to get final passage in Congress today. …一个预期今天在国会得到最后通过的医保法案。
8. N-SING The passage of a period of time is its passing. (时间的) 推移
...an asset that increases in value with the passage of time. …一项随着时间的推移而增值的资产。
9. N-COUNT A passage is a journey by ship. 航程
We'd arrived the day before after a 10-hour passage from Anchorage. 从安克雷奇出发经过10小时航程后，我们于前天到达。
10. N-UNCOUNT If you are granted passage through a country or area of land, you are given permission to go through it. 通行许可
Mr. Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna. 托马斯先生将会得到往返于贾夫纳的安全通行许可。
11. N a sideways walk in which diagonal pairs of feet are lifted alternately 正步[dressage]
12. V to move or cause to move at a passage 以正步跑
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passage /ˈpæsɪdʒ/ (passages)
剑桥词典
- subterranean passages
- an underground passage
- The tomb was honeycombed with passages and chambers .
- A narrow passage leads from one building to the other.
- The president escaped through a secret passage underneath the parliament building .
- This passage of text has been excerpted from her latest novel .
- It is a difficult passage, but just translate it as best you can.
- This passage doesn't make any sense .
- The book contains numerous plagiarized passages.
- Kathy read a short passage from the Bible .
passage noun (CONNECTING WAY)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ] (also passageway, )a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides , or a covered path that connects places
过道，走廊
A narrow passage led directly through the house into the garden . 一条狭窄的过道直接从房子通向花园。
The bathroom's on the right at the end of the passage. 浴室在走廊尽头的右边。
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]
a hollow part of the body through which something goes
（体内的）道，通道
the nasal passages 鼻腔
the anal passage 肛道
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passage noun (PART)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 ]a short piece of writing or music that is part of a larger piece of work
（文章的）段落；（音乐的）乐段
Several passages from the book were printed in a national newspaper before it was published . 该书出版前，书中有几段文章被登载在一份全国性的报纸上。
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passage noun (TRAVEL)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] formaltravel , especially as a way of escape
旅行；（尤指）转移
The gunman demanded a plane and safe passage to an unspecified destination . 持枪歹徒要求派飞机把他安全送到某个未指明的目的地。
[ 单数名词 ] old-fashioned
a journey , especially over the sea
（尤指海上的）旅行，航行
He had booked his passage to Rio de Janeiro. 他订了去里约热内卢的船票。
work your passage old-fashioned
to do work on a ship during your trip instead of paying for a ticket
在船上做工以抵偿船费
passage noun (MOVEMENT)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]an act of moving through somewhere
通过，穿过
Many meteors disintegrate during their passage through the atmosphere . 许多陨星在穿过大气层时会四分五裂。
The government prohibits the passage of foreign troops and planes across its territory . 该政府禁止外国军队和飞机穿越其领土和领空。
passage noun (TIME)
the passage of time literarythe process of time going past
时间的流逝
Memories fade with the passage of time . 随着时间的流逝，记忆会慢慢褪去。
passage noun (LAW)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] formalthe official approval of something, especially a new law
（尤指新法律的）通过
He again urged passage of a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion . 他再一次敦促通过一项宪法修正案，把人工流产定为非法。 返回 passage