elapse
/ih-laps/US // ɪˈlæps //UK // (ɪˈlæps) //
流逝,流逝的时间,逝去的时间,时间推移
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Definitions
v.无主动词 verb
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e·lapsed, e·laps·ing.
- : to slip or pass by: Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.
n.名词 noun
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- : the passage or termination of a period of time; lapse.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbgo by; slip away
Forms: elapsed
Examples
He could have allowed a decent interval to elapse after the disastrous air strike, and then ordered the supply route reopened.
Let an interval elapse between the filling of succeeding pipes.
The publishers thought also that some time might elapse before a second edition would be called for.
Hours must elapse before that tiny figure, provided it were approaching, could reach the solitary palm.
When this occurred, the time that was to elapse between Laura's marriage and her return to the ranks was shortened to one week.
It was a creed in which Sabatier had absolute faith, and the passing week was merely an interval which must elapse before success.
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