プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
たつ【▲経つ】
pass (by); go by
- 彼がここに移り住んでから3年たった
「Three years have passed [It has been three years] since he came here (to live). - 時がたつにつれて痛みは消えた
The pain disappeared as time went by. - 時のたつのは実に早い
How time flies! - 話に夢中になって時のたつのを忘れた
We were so absorbed in talking that we almost forgot the passage of time. - 10年たてば
ten years from now／in ten years - 5年もたたないうちに
in less than five years／within five years