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step

英 [step]美[stɛp]
  • n. 步,脚步;步骤;步伐;梯级
  • vi. 踏,踩;走
  • vt. 走,迈步

英英释意


1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;
"the situation called for strong measures"
"the police took steps to reduce crime"
2. the distance covered by a step;
"he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
3. the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down;
"he walked with unsteady steps"
4. support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway;
"he paused on the bottom step"
5. relative position in a graded series;
"always a step behind"
"subtle gradations in color"
"keep in step with the fashions"
6. a short distance;
"it's only a step to the drugstore"
7. the sound of a step of someone walking;
"he heard footsteps on the porch"
8. a musical interval of two semitones
9. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface;
"the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
10. a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
11. a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance;
"he taught them the waltz step"
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