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词汇 passus
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Definition of passus in English:

passus

noun ˈpasəsˈpasəs
  • A section, division, or canto of a story or poem, especially a medieval one.

    (尤指中世纪的故事或长诗的)节

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then a colleague at the U of C provided the idea of using the medieval passus as a way of building the story toward the novella at its heart.
    • Over 50 manuscripts survive, representing progressive revisions known as the ‘Z’, ‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’ texts, of which ‘B’, comprising a prologue and twenty passus, is the most frequently read.
    • For Christians, the Passion-from the Latin passus, the word means ‘having suffered ‘or ‘having undergone ‘- is the very heart of their faith.’
    • However, it must be pointed out that it was not the passus duriusculus as such that took on this symbolic meaning, but rather Schutz's use of that figure.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin, literally 'step, pace', in medieval Latin 'passage of a book'.

Definition of passus in US English:

passus

nounˈpasəs
  • A section, division, or canto of a story or poem, especially a medieval one.

    (尤指中世纪的故事或长诗的)节

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then a colleague at the U of C provided the idea of using the medieval passus as a way of building the story toward the novella at its heart.
    • For Christians, the Passion-from the Latin passus, the word means ‘having suffered ‘or ‘having undergone ‘- is the very heart of their faith.’
    • However, it must be pointed out that it was not the passus duriusculus as such that took on this symbolic meaning, but rather Schutz's use of that figure.
    • Over 50 manuscripts survive, representing progressive revisions known as the ‘Z’, ‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘C’ texts, of which ‘B’, comprising a prologue and twenty passus, is the most frequently read.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin, literally ‘step, pace’, in medieval Latin ‘passage of a book’.

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