ships that pass in the night

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Two or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so. plural,plural-only
    — [H]e sat down and we got into conversation. There wasn't time to talk much. . . . We got along famously. But—oh, well, it was just another case of ships that pass in the night.
  2. Things which have no significant connection or commonality. broadly,plural,plural-only
    — [T]he central figures in the action seem vaguely unrelated to one another, like ships passing in the night.

词形变化

ships in the night alternative ships passing in the night alternative ships that passed in the night alternative

词源

From a poetic metaphor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882).
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