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elapse

🇬🇧 UK/i'læps/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLC2

Definitions

v.

(Of time) to pass by

(时间)流逝,过去

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
eout of, former
+
lapseslip, slide, fall, glide
=elapse

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Two years have elapsed since we last met at university.

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