• n. 失效；流逝；過失
• vi. 失效；流逝；背離，失檢；陷入

來自拉丁語labi,滑落，滑倒，來自PIE*sleib,*slei,黏，滑，詞源同slip,lime.引申詞義過錯，疏忽。

lapse (n.)

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.

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《權威詞典》

5. His lapse into drunkenness followed a long run of bad luck.

他的酗酒惡習帶來了一連串的不幸.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》