bypass
UK/'baipɑ:s/US
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Definitions
n.
A road built around a town or obstacle to avoid it.
绕行道路，旁路。
n.
A surgical channel that reroutes blood around a blocked vessel.
（心脏）搭桥手术；旁路。
v.
To go around or avoid; to skip a step or person.
绕过，避开；越过。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedby (beside, to the side) + pass (go) = to go past something by stepping to the side of it. A road bypass routes traffic around a town; a heart bypass routes blood around a blockage; and to bypass a manager is to go around them. The image is always: avoid the obstacle by going beside it.
Root pass still carries 14 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.bypass surgery搭桥手术
- 2.bypass road绕行道路
- 3.bypass the system绕过系统
- 4.heart bypass心脏搭桥
Example Sentences
- 1.
We took the bypass to avoid the city centre traffic.
- 2.
He had heart bypass surgery last spring.
- 3.
The new app lets users bypass the booking agent entirely.