a.

1. 過去的；剛過去的
2. 過去了的；完了的
   The danger is past.

   危險已過。

3. 以前的；前任的[B]
   John Smith is a past president of our club.

   約翰‧史密斯是我們俱樂部的前任主席。

4. 【文】過去式的[B]

prep.

1. （指時間，數量等）過；通過，經過
   The boys walked past our house.

   孩子們走過我們的房子。

2. （指範圍，程度，能力等）超過
   Some of his poems are past comprehension.

   他的某些詩作無法理解。

n.

1. 過去，昔日[the S]
   In the past he had to read by candlelight.

   過去他只得在燭光下攻讀。

2. 往事；經歷；不光彩的往事[the S]
3. 【文】過去時，過去式[the S]

ad.

1. 過；經過；越過
   I watched the people hurry past.

   我看著人們匆匆而過。

adj.

1. gone by in time and no longer existing.
   ▸recently elapsed:

   the past twelve months.
2. Grammar  (of a tense) expressing a past action or state.

n.

1. (usu. the past) a past period or the events in it.
   ▸a person's or thing's history or earlier life:

   the country's colourful past.
2. Grammar  a past tense or form of a verb.

prep.

1. to or on the further side of.
2. in front of or from one side to the other of.
3. beyond in time; later than.
4. no longer capable of.
5. beyond the scope of.

adv.

1. so as to pass from one side of something to the other.
2. used to indicate the passage of time:
   a week went past.