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elapse v.逝去；过去n.（光阴）逝去 (1) 自从他参军以后,已经五个月了。(2) 我们上次相见至今已经三年了。(3) 他们多年后又相逢。 If two weeks have elapsed between your tennis lessons, there has been a two-week lapse between sessions. The word elapse comes from the Latin word elabi which means "to slip away." Time is one of those things that really does tend to slip away, unless you're sitting through a lecture on the nature of time. Then, it might feel like years elapse when really it is just a few minutes.

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英 [ɪ'læps] 美 [ɪ'læps] (1) Five months have elapsed since he joined the army.(2) Three years have elapsed since we met last time.(3) They met again after an elapse of many years. When time passes by, you say it elapses. Four years elapse while you are in high school. Nine months elapse while you are in the womb. 1[VERB 动词]（时间）过去，流逝 When time elapses, it passes.   [V]  [FORMAL 正式]Forty-eight hours have elapsed since his arrest.从他被捕至今已经过去48小时了。

英语单词	elapse
英美音标	英 [ɪ'læps] 美 [ɪ'læps]
中文释义	v.逝去；过去 n.（光阴）逝去
英语例句	(1) Five months have elapsed since he joined the army. (2) Three years have elapsed since we met last time. (3) They met again after an elapse of many years.
中文例句	(1) 自从他参军以后,已经五个月了。 (2) 我们上次相见至今已经三年了。 (3) 他们多年后又相逢。
vocabulary简明	When time passes by, you say it elapses. Four years elapse while you are in high school. Nine months elapse while you are in the womb.
vocabulary扩展	If two weeks have elapsed between your tennis lessons, there has been a two-week lapse between sessions. The word elapse comes from the Latin word elabi which means "to slip away." Time is one of those things that really does tend to slip away, unless you're sitting through a lecture on the nature of time. Then, it might feel like years elapse when really it is just a few minutes.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（时间）过去，流逝 When time elapses, it passes. [V] [FORMAL 正式] Forty-eight hours have elapsed since his arrest. 从他被捕至今已经过去48小时了。

Elapse Elapsed Years Time Months Met Word Slip