Step
[step] or [stɛp]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down; 'he walked with unsteady steps'.
(noun.) support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; 'he paused on the bottom step'.
(noun.) a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed.
(noun.) a short distance; 'it's only a step to the drugstore'.
(verb.) move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; 'She stepped into a life of luxury'; 'he won't step into his father's footsteps'.
(verb.) place (a ship's mast) in its step.
(verb.) shift or move by taking a step; 'step back'.
(verb.) put down or press the foot, place the foot; 'For fools rush in where angels fear to tread'; 'step on the brake'.
(verb.) walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner; 'step over to the blackboard'.
(verb.) move with one's feet in a specific manner; 'step lively'.
(verb.) furnish with steps; 'The architect wants to step the terrace'.
(verb.) cause (a computer) to execute a single command.
埃塞雷德編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
(a.) To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
(a.) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
(a.) Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
(v. t.) To set, as the foot.
(v. t.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
(v. i.) An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
(v. i.) A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.
(v. i.) The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps.
(v. i.) A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
(v. i.) A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
(v. i.) Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
(v. i.) Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
(v. i.) Walk; passage.
(v. i.) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
(v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
(v. i.) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
(v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
(v. i.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
(v. i.) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Pace, tread.[2]. Stair.[3]. Degree, grade, gradation.[4]. Advancement, progression.[5]. Action, act, deed, proceeding.[6]. Measure, means, method, expedient.[7]. Round (of a ladder), rundle.[8]. Short distance, stone's throw, small space, few steps.
v. n. Walk.
卡洛斯錄入
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Advance, pace, space, grade, remove, degree, gradation, progression, track,trice, walk, gait, proceeding, action, measure
ANT:Retreat, recession, baiting, station, standing, nongraduation, non-progression,standstill, stop, tracklessness, untraceableness, non_impression, desinence,desistance, Inaction
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解釋/意思:
n. a pace: the distance crossed by the foot in walking or running: a small space: degree: one remove in ascending or descending a stair: round of a ladder: footprint: manner of walking: proceeding: action: the support on which the lower end of a mast or staff or a wheel rests: (pl.) walk direction taken in walking: a self-supporting ladder with flat steps.—v.i. to advance or retire by pacing: to walk: to walk slowly or gravely: to walk a short distance: to move mentally.—v.t. to set as a foot: to fix as a mast:—pr.p. step′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. stepped.—ns. Step′per one who steps; Step′ping-stone a stone for stepping on to raise the feet above the water or mud; Step′stone a door-step.—Step aside to walk to a little distance as from company: to err; Step in or into to enter easily or unexpectedly; Step out to go out a little way: to increase the length of the step and so the speed; Step short to shorten the length of one's step.
整理:梅尔巴
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream that you ascend steps, denotes that fair prospects will relieve former anxiety. To decend them, you may look for misfortune. To fall down them, you are threatened with unexpected failure in your affairs. See Stairs.
塞德里克錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Which of them had a step so quiet, a hand so gentle, but I should have heard or felt her, if she had approached or touched me in a day-sleep? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- And thus young Lord Greystoke took the first step toward the goal which he had set--the finding of other white men like himself. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- No need, was again her answer--no need, no need: and her small step toiled wearily up the staircase. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- With graceful modesty each gentleman retired a step from the presented weapon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow; yet a second step is taken towards my enterprise. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Riviere bowed and drew back a step. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Her rich colour, her quick blood, her rapid breath, were all setting themselves against the opportunity of retracing their steps. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Some of the stone steps are foot-worn only on one end; others only on the other end; others only in the middle. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Now hold your shoulder straight, and take short steps, and don't shake hands if you are introduced to anyone. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- There is no apparent relation between effects so dissimilar; yet the steps of progress can be distinctly traced, from the attraction of a feather to the development of the electric telegraph. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Take this light; go softly up the steps straight afore you, and along the little hall, to the street door; unfasten it, and let us in. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- She had not far retraced her steps when sounds in front of her betokened the approach of persons in conversation along the same path. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I stepped out into the rain and the carriage started. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Mr. Huskisson, one of the members of Parliament for Liverpool, and a warm friend and supporter of Stephenson and the railroad, had stepped from his coach, and was standing on the railway. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Merely that I consider you a dead bore, I added, as I stepped into the hackney coach and was followed by Julia. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The man holding the feet opened the door and stepped out. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Holmes stepped up to the window, closed it, and dropped the blinds. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Nevertheless, Mrs Plornish, with a pardonable vanity in that accomplishment of hers which made her all but Italian, stepped in as interpreter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- He bowed again, stepped back a few paces, and withdrew his conscience from our society as politely as he had introduced it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- And now, Watson, not another word of the matter until we have a few solid stepping-stones on which we may hope to get across to our solution. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Yes, but my sister would be glad to see you, if you would prefer stepping into the house. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The sound of a drawer cautiously slid out struck my ear; stepping a little to one side, my vision took a free range, unimpeded by falling curtains. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Bishop then--jauntily stepping out a little with his well-shaped right leg, as though he said to Mr Merdle 'don't mind the apron; a mere form! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I b'lieve, my soul, he's done for, finally, said Legree, stepping forward, to look at him. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Robert Jordan pushed aside the saddle blanket that hung over the mouth of the cave and, stepping out, took a deep breath of the cold night air. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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