Passing

(noun.) success in satisfying a test or requirement; 'his future depended on his passing that test'; 'he got a pass in introductory chemistry'.

(noun.) going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; 'she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me'.

(noun.) the end of something; 'the passing of winter'.

(noun.) the motion of one object relative to another; 'stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets'.

(noun.) euphemistic expressions for death; 'thousands mourned his passing'.

(adj.) of advancing the ball by throwing it; 'a team with a good passing attack'; 'a pass play' .

(adj.) allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; 'a passing grade' .

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• Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I quickened my pace, and, passing among them, wondering at their looks, went hurriedly in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She usually followed him; but he heard her passing down the passage to her bedroom. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Strange shipping became more frequent, passing the Japanese headlands; sometimes ships were wrecked and sailors brought ashore. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• However, in passing a wholesale tea-house he saw a man tasting tea, so he went in and asked the 'taster' if he might have some of the tea. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In this a vacuum is maintained by a condenser, the vapors passing from the pan to the condenser through the great curved pipe rising from the top, which pipe is five feet in diameter. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The needle, in passing rapidly in contact with the recorded waves, was vibrated up and down, causing corresponding vibrations of the diaphragm. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There were many people passing in the fog. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Were you passing through the hall, sir? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• You have a dancing face, Brummell quietly observed, fixing his eyes steadily on her countenance for a second or two, and then passing on. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The report from Sheridan embraced his operations up to his passing the outer defences of Richmond. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The alternative was that someone passing had observed the key in the door, had known that I was out, and had entered to look at the papers. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He watched me, still; he gently raised his hand to stroke my hair; it touched my lips in passing; I pressed it close, I paid it tribute. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Two men had fallen down and lay on their backs in the middle of the square and were passing a bottle back and forth between them. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I noted, in passing, that she had written a note before leaving home but after being fully dressed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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