n. (fr. It. passa mezzo = slow-go-ing) a slow dance一种慢步舞。 △Tw.5.1.208(200):“Then he's a rogue,and a passy-measures pavin.”(SirToby is drunk and his wounds smart. He calls the sur-geon by the name of a slow dance because the latter isslow in coming.)那么他就是混蛋，一个跳着慢步舞的混蛋。