elapse
/ɪˈlæps/verb
no obj.
- (of time) pass or go by（时间）流逝, 过去：
weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the attack.
过了几个星期才有人受到了发动袭击的指控。
词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense 'slip away'）： from Latin elaps- 'slipped away', from the verb elabi, from e- （variant of ex-） 'out, away' + labi 'to glide, slip'.