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ships /ʃɪps/
●be (like) ˌships that ˌpass in the ˈnight (informal) (of people 人) meet for a short time, by chance, and perhaps for the only time in your lives 邂逅相遇，萍水相逢（以后不再相遇）◆We met on a course in Spain and had a wonderful time together. But we both knew that we were just ships that pass in the night.
我们在西班牙的旅途中相遇，共度了一段美好的时光。不过我们都知道我们就像夜晚里驶过的两条船，只是短暂地擦身而过。 ORIGIN This is from a poem by Longfellow: ‘Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,…’. 这个习语源于朗费罗的一首诗：“舟行于夜，擦身而别…”。 |