lapse

• n. 失敗する；過ぎ去る；落ち度がある
• vi.失敗する；過ぎ去る；出発する；失敗する；陥る。

ラテン語のlabiから、滑る、滑る、PIE *sleib、*sleiから、くっつく、滑る、語源的にはslip、石灰と同じ。

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.

彼は自分がすぐに知覚を失うかもしれないことを知っている。

2.Ford allowed the name and trademark to lapse during the Eighties.

フォードは1980年代にこの名称と商標を廃止した。

3.a momentary lapse of concentration

失神児

4.a time- lapse sequence of a flower opening

蕾が開いているレンズの遅延撮影

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

彼のアルコール依存症は一連の不幸をもたらした。