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passage

/ˈpæsɪʤ/

US UK

noun

plural -sages

[count] :a long, narrow space that connects one place to another

They escaped through a secret underground passage. [=passageway]

(Brit) Her office is at the end of the passage. [=hallway]

[count] :a narrow space that people or things can move through

We squeezed through a narrow passage between the rocks.

Special ships clear passages through the ice.

The medicine makes breathing easier by opening nasal passages.

an act of moving or passing from one place or state to another [noncount]

They controlled the passage of goods through their territory.

He guaranteed us safe passage. [=he promised that we could safely travel through the area]

the passage of food through the digestive system

the passage of air into and out of the lungs

the passage from life to death

the passage of the seasons

He left after the passage of a few hours.

With the passage of time, the number of children suffering with the disease has decreased dramatically. [singular]

a child's passage into adulthood - see also rite of passage

[count] a usually short section of a book, poem, speech, etc.

He quoted a passage from the Bible.

The book's main theme is reflected in the following passage.

long descriptive passages

a usually short section of a piece of music

complex musical passages

an act of officially approving a bill, law, etc. [noncount]

The passage [=enactment] of this law will save lives.

the passage of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

government leaders who are determined to get passage of their bills [singular]

a bill's passage into law

old-fashioned

[count] :a voyage or journey usually on a boat

a long ocean passage

[noncount] :the right to travel on a boat, airplane, etc.

They booked passage on a ship/train bound for Mexico.

* Các từ tương tự:
passageway