en passant
adverb
formaluk/ˌɒ̃ ˈpæs.ɒ̃/us/ˌɑ̃ː pæsˈɑ̃ː/Frenchfor'inpassing': if you say something en passant, youmentionitquicklywhiletalkingabout somethingelse:
顺便提到Shementioned, en passant, that she'd been in L.A. thepreviousweek.她顺便提到此前一周她在洛杉矶。
Quoting & making references
- aforementioned
- allude tosomeone/something
- allusion
- allusiveness
- as forsomeone/somethingidiom
- bandysomethingaround
- bring
- come up
- direct speech
- indirect speech
- pursuant
- quote
- quote...unquoteidiom
- refer tosomeone/something
- reference
- referent
- rub
- rubsomethingin
- touch
- word
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