English Dictionary

passage

/ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/

noun

A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning. / Part of a path or journey. / An incident or episode. / The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament. / The advance of time.

I read a passage from the book.

意味（1）

A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

passage of scripture

意味（2）

Part of a path or journey.

He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.

意味（3）

An incident or episode.

But there are those who do not feel that the sordid passages of life should be kept off the stage. It is a matter of opinion.

意味（4）

The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.

The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.

意味（5）

The advance of time.

The passage of decades has not erased the value of parental monitoring.

意味（6）

(art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.

意味（7）

A passageway or corridor.

意味（8）

(nautical) A strait or other narrow waterway.

the Northwest Passage

意味（9）

(caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.

意味（10）

(euphemistic) The vagina.

With a look of triumph that he was unable to keep from his dark eyes he slid into her passage with one smooth thrust, […]

意味（11）

The act of passing; movement across or through.

He claimed that he felt the passage of the knife through the ilio-cæcal valve, from the very considerable pain which it caused.

意味（12）

The right to pass from one place to another.

意味（13）

A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.

意味（14）

(bacteriology, virology) Serial passage.

意味（15）

(dice games, historical) A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.