English Dictionary

pass

/pɑːs/

noun

An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.

He found a pass through the mountains.

意味（1）

An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.

mountain pass

意味（2）

A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.

the passes of the Mississippi

意味（3）

A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.

[The bear] made a pass at the dog, but he swung out and above him […]

意味（4）

A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.

意味（5）

An attempt.

My first pass at a career of writing proved unsuccessful.

意味（6）

Success in an examination or similar test.

I gained three passes at A-level, in mathematics, French, and English literature.

意味（7）

(fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.

意味（8）

(figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.

意味（9）

A sexual advance.

The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.

意味（10）

(sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.

意味（11）

(rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.

意味（12）

Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.

A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy.

意味（13）

A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission

a railroad pass; a theater pass; a military pass

意味（14）

(baseball) An intentional walk.

Smith was given a pass after Jones' double.

意味（15）

(sports) The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.

Albon made hard work of the result. Starting fourth, he dropped back to seventh at the second start and had to fight his way back up, which he did with some excellent passes.

意味（16）

The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.

England is growne to ſuch a paſſe of late,

England is growne to ſuch a paſſe of late, That rich men triumph to ſee the poore beg at their gate.

意味（17）

(obsolete) Estimation; character.

This passes, Master Ford.

意味（18）

(cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.

The finished dishes are placed on the pass ready to be collected by the waiter.

意味（19）

An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".

A pass would have seen her win the game, but instead she gave a wrong answer and lost a point, putting her in second place.

意味（20）

(computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.

Most Pascal compilers process source code in a single pass.