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.
雙語例句
1. He knew that he might soon lapse into unconsciousness.
他知道自己可能很快就會失去知覺。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.
福特在20世紀80年代廢止了該名稱和商標。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a momentary lapse of concentration
走神兒
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. a time-lapse sequence of a flower opening
一組延時拍攝花蕾開放的鏡頭
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. His lapse into drunkenness followed a long run of bad luck.