mid-15c., "elapsing of time, expiration;" also "temporary forfeiture of a legal right," from Middle French laps "lapse," from Latin lapsus "a slipping and falling, flight (of time), falling into error," from labi "to slip, glide, fall." Meaning "moral transgression, sin" is c. 1500; that of "slip of the memory" is 1520s; that of "a falling away from one's faith" is from 1650s.
lapse (v.)
early 15c., said to be from lapse (n.) or from Latin lapsare "to lose one's footing." Related: Lapsed; lapses; lapsing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He knew that he might soon lapse into unconsciousness.
他知道自己可能很快就會(huì)失去知覺(jué)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.
福特在20世紀(jì)80年代廢止了該名稱和商標(biāo)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. a momentary lapse of concentration
走神兒
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. a time-lapse sequence of a flower opening
一組延時(shí)拍攝花蕾開放的鏡頭
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. His lapse into drunkenness followed a long run of bad luck.