elapse
verb[I]
formaluk/iˈlæps/us/iˈlæps/C2
Iftimeelapses, it goes past:
(时间)流逝,过去Fouryearshad elapsed since heleftcollegeand still he hadn'tfoundajob.他大学毕业都4年了,但还没有找到工作。
Synonym
pass
Spending time & time passing
- all the time in the worldidiom
- Anno Domini
- employ
- fall
- fall away
- filler
- misspend
- pass
- roll
- roll by
- run out
- serve
- slip
- slip away
- the sands of time are running outidiom
- time's a great healeridiom
- timekeeper
- wear
- wear on
- whilesomethingaway