英语词汇“step”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

step

(step )

Word forms: steps , stepping , stepped

1. countable noun B1

If you take a step, you lift your foot and put it down in a different place, for example when you are walking.

I took a step towards him.

She walked on a few steps.

I followed her, five steps behind.

He heard steps in the corridor.

Synonyms: footfall

2. verb B1

If you step on something or step in a particular direction, you put your foot on the thing or move your foot in that direction.

This was the moment when Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on the Moon. [VERB preposition/adverb]

She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. [VERB preposition/adverb]

I tried to step back, but he held my upper arms too tightly. [VERB preposition/adverb]

Synonyms: walk, pace, tread, move

3. countable noun B1

Steps are a series of surfaces at increasing or decreasing heights, on which you put your feet in order to walk up or down to a different level.

This little room was along a passage and down some steps.

A flight of stone steps leads to the terrace.

4. countable noun B1+

A step is a raised flat surface in front of a door.

A little girl was sitting on the step of the end house.

Leave empty milk bottles on the step.

Synonyms: doorstep, sill

5. See also doorstep

6. countable noun B2

A step is one of a series of actions that you take in order to achieve something.

He greeted the agreement as the first step towards peace.

She is not content with her present lot and wishes to take steps to improve it.

The elections were a step in the right direction, but there is a lot more to be done.

Synonyms: move, measure, action, means

7. countable noun B2

A step in a process is one of a series of stages.

The next step is to put the theory into practice.

Aristotle took the scientific approach a step further.

Synonyms: stage, point, phase

8. countable noun

The steps of a dance are the sequences of foot movements which make it up.

9. singular noun

Someone's step is the way they walk.

He quickened his step.

There was a real spring in her step.

Synonyms: gait, walk

10. plural noun

Steps are the same as a stepladder. [British]

11. one step ahead of someone or something phrase

If you stay one step ahead of someone or something, you manage to achieve more than they do or avoid competition or danger from them.

Successful travel is partly a matter of keeping one step ahead of the crowd.

Fraser was the most important art dealer in London, always a step ahead of his rivals.

...nations only a few steps ahead of famine.

12. in/out of step phrase

If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.

They were almost the same height and they moved perfectly in step.

They jogged in silence a while, faces lowered, out of step.

She slipped her hand into his and fell into step beside him.

13. in/out of step phrase

If people are in step with each other, their ideas or opinions are the same. If they are out of step with each other, their ideas or opinions are different.

Moscow is anxious to stay in step with Washington.

The British Government is once more out of step with world opinion.

14. step on it phrase

If you tell someone to step on it, you are telling them to go faster or hurry up. [informal]

We've only got thirty-five minutes so step on it.

Synonyms: go faster, speed up, hurry up [informal], get moving

15. step by step phrase

If you do something step by step, you do it by progressing gradually from one stage to the next.

I am not rushing things and I'm taking it step by step.

Follow our simple step-by-step instructions.

Synonyms: gradually, bit by bit, one step at a time, slowly but surely

16. to watch your step phrase

If someone tells you to watch your step, they are warning you to be careful about how you behave or what you say so that you do not get into trouble.

Phrasal verbs:

step aside step down

step back

phrasal verb

If you step back and think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it.

I stepped back and analysed the situation. [VERB PARTICLE]

It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole. [VERB PARTICLE + from]

step down

phrasal verb

If someone steps down or steps aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.

Judge Ito said that he would step down as trial judge. [VERB PARTICLE + as]

Many would prefer to see him step aside in favour of a younger man. [VERB PARTICLE]

step in

phrasal verb

If you step in, you get involved in a difficult situation because you think you can or should help with it.

If no agreement was reached, the army would step in. [VERB PARTICLE]

There are circumstances in which the State must step in to protect children. [VERB PARTICLE]

step out

1. phrasal verb

If someone steps out of a role or situation, they leave it.

I've had to step out of the role of president because I can't do the job. [VERB PARTICLE + of]

[Also VERB PARTICLE]

2. phrasal verb

If someone steps out, they appear in public, especially wearing particular clothes or with a particular boyfriend or girlfriend. [journalism, informal]

Raise a few eyebrows by stepping out in these tiny shorts this summer. [VERB PARTICLE]

She is said to be stepping out with a Hollywood actor. [VERB PARTICLE with noun]

step up

1. phrasal verb

If you step up something, you increase it or increase its intensity.

He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to the region. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]

There are reports of stepped-up fighting at the border. [VERB-ed PARTICLE]

[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]

2. phrasal verb

If you say that someone should step up, you mean that they should start to take responsibility for something.

Someone needs to step up and point that out. [VERB PARTICLE]

Quotations:

one step at a time

Idioms:

step into someone's boots [mainly British]

to take over from another person in sport who has been injured or who has given up their position

Bony stepped into Drogba's boots as Ivory Coast's main striker.

step out of line

to do something that you should not do or to behave in an unacceptable way

Values and traditions were accepted and agreed by everyone. If you stepped out of line, you knew what to expect.

step up to the plate [US]

to come forward and take responsibility for something

He's got to step up to the plate and deal with these accusations.

step into someone's shoes

to take over someone's job or position

In America, if a president resigns or dies in office, the vice-president steps into his shoes.

step on someone's toes or tread on someone's toes

to offend someone by criticizing the way they do something or by interfering in something that is their responsibility

He had trodden on too many toes setting up the new campus, and control of it was soon wrested from him.

Collocations:

bold step

It's a bold step for a full-on rock singer to leave their vocals and lyrics this exposed.

The Sun (2007)

But it would be a disaster if that experience deterred the Government from taking bolder steps on tax and red tape.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

We decided to take the bold step.

Christianity Today (2000)

essential step

Cleaning up the banks' balance sheets is an essential first step to rebuild confidence in the banking system.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Are we so eager to tie the knot that we rush past the essential steps in getting to know each other?

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

Military service is considered an essential step into adulthood in many countries.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

huge step

I was learning, but it was a huge step in the right direction.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

It is a huge step to take and not one to be hurried or considered before you feel certain.

The Sun (2015)

You need a huge step to go from two seasons ago when we finished third.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

next step

They have the patience because they always know what's needed to take the next step.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Likewise, the next step in worship is to engage people physically.

Christianity Today (2000)

The next step was to venture outdoors.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

positive step

If you are to change, make sure it's a positive step.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

There is hope, and there are positive steps to take to find healing.

Christianity Today (2000)

It can be a positive step forward given that we know players are coming back.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

practical step

They need a leader who comes to board meetings with clear direction for the church and practical steps to get there.

Christianity Today (2000)

What you both need to do now is identify the first practical step towards your dream and take it.

The Sun (2011)

This gives practical steps as to how best to help yourself.

Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home (1988)

reasonable step

A doctor is expected to take all reasonable steps to prolong life.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

The law requires you to take reasonable steps to settle your dispute before complaining to the council.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

First they must show that they have taken reasonable steps to come to an agreement themselves.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

self-help step

I'm sending you my shyness leaflet with self-help steps to help you gain self-confidence.

The Sun (2012)

My advice line today explains more detailed self-help steps.

The Sun (2013)

Yet often some simple self-help steps can help sufferers learn to live a normal life.

The Sun (2015)

sensible step

It is certainly making things difficult and doesn't seem willing to take sensible steps to get round problems.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Along the way he took sensible steps to make sure he got a job after university.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

These are sensible steps towards a safer future.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

simple step

Yet taking a few simple steps now greatly cuts the risk of facing the trauma of burst pipes in winter.

The Sun (2013)

One thing they can do is take some simple steps to maximise their credit score before putting in an application.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

Here are five simple steps to make sure your retirement plans are on track.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

small step

He was a brilliant teacher - clear small steps at a time, which we had no difficulty in following.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Take small steps and I promise you will get there.

The Sun (2015)

Others take one small step at a time.

Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994)

take a step

This was the moment when they peered into the abyss of global financial cataclysm - and then decided to take a step closer to the edge.

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

The tabloids have to take a step backwards and think about what they have done.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

We've taken a step backwards today.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

He took a step toward Hanuman, and then ten more blindingly quick steps.

Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2002)

tentative step

Or you can go on holiday to a country that has only just taken its first tentative step into the travel brochures.

Times, Sunday Times

It was our first tentative step back into life, a public statement that while we'd lost an election it wasn't the end of the world.

Times, Sunday Times

Some families take a tentative step when leaving city life and relocate to the halfway house of a county town (see article opposite).

Times, Sunday Times

We thought this would be exciting, this combined proximity and independence, a tentative step towards seriousness, and for a while it was.

Times,Sunday Times

We have now, thank goodness, taken a tentative step back towards a genuinely free press.

The Sun

unprecedented step

Town will today take unprecedented step publishing financial on their website.

The Sun

This so misrepresented the issues that the court took the unprecedented step of tweeting a response explaining its decision.

Times, Sunday Times

As a result, police took the unprecedented step of closing the entire park for the first time in its history.

Times,Sunday Times

The institution spent 30,000 in the unprecedented step of taking legal action at the county court to ban him.

Times, Sunday Times

The disciplinary panel should also note the unprecedented step taken by the appeal board yesterday.

Times, Sunday Times

unusual step

Cops launched a nationwide hunt and took the unusual step of publicly naming her as top of their wanted list.

The Sun

It had even taken the unusual step of raising its offer on rumours of a higher counterbid from a rival.

Times, Sunday Times

He gained admission by the unusual step of holding an impromptu exhibition of his paintings on the railings outside.

Times, Sunday Times

The company also took the unusual step of stating the range within which its full-year profits would fall.

Times, Sunday Times

When one takes the rather unusual step of downgrading a paying client, traders tend to listen.

Times, Sunday Times

vital step

Now you realise what your true ambitions are, you can take vital steps towards making them happen.

The Sun (2009)

Simply admitting to yourself that you want more from life is the first vital step towards getting it.

The Sun (2008)

You can take the first vital step towards the life you really want to lead.

The Sun (2011)

wooden steps

Folding glass doors open on to a series of wooden steps and a deck with a chimney stack.

Times, Sunday Times

Wooden steps and decking lead you from the terrace straight on to the sand.

Times, Sunday Times

And with that he disappears down the wooden steps and past the foraging chickens.

The Sun

Wooden steps lead down from the deck into the sea, enabling guests to swim or snorkel straight from the villa.

Times, Sunday Times

There was a rope ladder with wooden steps hanging down her side.

The Sun

Translations:

Chinese: 步骤, 台阶

Japanese: 歩み, 段

单词	step
释义	step (step ) Word forms: steps , stepping , stepped 1. countable noun B1 If you take a step, you lift your foot and put it down in a different place, for example when you are walking. I took a step towards him. She walked on a few steps. I followed her, five steps behind. He heard steps in the corridor. Synonyms: footfall 2. verb B1 If you step on something or step in a particular direction, you put your foot on the thing or move your foot in that direction. This was the moment when Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on the Moon. [VERB preposition/adverb] She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. [VERB preposition/adverb] I tried to step back, but he held my upper arms too tightly. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: walk, pace, tread, move 3. countable noun B1 Steps are a series of surfaces at increasing or decreasing heights, on which you put your feet in order to walk up or down to a different level. This little room was along a passage and down some steps. A flight of stone steps leads to the terrace. 4. countable noun B1+ A step is a raised flat surface in front of a door. A little girl was sitting on the step of the end house. Leave empty milk bottles on the step. Synonyms: doorstep, sill 5. See also doorstep 6. countable noun B2 A step is one of a series of actions that you take in order to achieve something. He greeted the agreement as the first step towards peace. She is not content with her present lot and wishes to take steps to improve it. The elections were a step in the right direction, but there is a lot more to be done. Synonyms: move, measure, action, means 7. countable noun B2 A step in a process is one of a series of stages. The next step is to put the theory into practice. Aristotle took the scientific approach a step further. Synonyms: stage, point, phase 8. countable noun The steps of a dance are the sequences of foot movements which make it up. 9. singular noun Someone's step is the way they walk. He quickened his step. There was a real spring in her step. Synonyms: gait, walk 10. plural noun Steps are the same as a stepladder. [British] 11. one step ahead of someone or something phrase If you stay one step ahead of someone or something, you manage to achieve more than they do or avoid competition or danger from them. Successful travel is partly a matter of keeping one step ahead of the crowd. Fraser was the most important art dealer in London, always a step ahead of his rivals. ...nations only a few steps ahead of famine. 12. in/out of step phrase If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times. They were almost the same height and they moved perfectly in step. They jogged in silence a while, faces lowered, out of step. She slipped her hand into his and fell into step beside him. 13. in/out of step phrase If people are in step with each other, their ideas or opinions are the same. If they are out of step with each other, their ideas or opinions are different. Moscow is anxious to stay in step with Washington. The British Government is once more out of step with world opinion. 14. step on it phrase If you tell someone to step on it, you are telling them to go faster or hurry up. [informal] We've only got thirty-five minutes so step on it. Synonyms: go faster, speed up, hurry up [informal], get moving 15. step by step phrase If you do something step by step, you do it by progressing gradually from one stage to the next. I am not rushing things and I'm taking it step by step. Follow our simple step-by-step instructions. Synonyms: gradually, bit by bit, one step at a time, slowly but surely 16. to watch your step phrase If someone tells you to watch your step, they are warning you to be careful about how you behave or what you say so that you do not get into trouble. Phrasal verbs: step aside step down step back phrasal verb If you step back and think about a situation, you think about it as if you were not involved in it. I stepped back and analysed the situation. [VERB PARTICLE] It was necessary to step back from the project and look at it as a whole. [VERB PARTICLE + from] step down phrasal verb If someone steps down or steps aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place. Judge Ito said that he would step down as trial judge. [VERB PARTICLE + as] Many would prefer to see him step aside in favour of a younger man. [VERB PARTICLE] step in phrasal verb If you step in, you get involved in a difficult situation because you think you can or should help with it. If no agreement was reached, the army would step in. [VERB PARTICLE] There are circumstances in which the State must step in to protect children. [VERB PARTICLE] step out 1. phrasal verb If someone steps out of a role or situation, they leave it. I've had to step out of the role of president because I can't do the job. [VERB PARTICLE + of] [Also VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If someone steps out, they appear in public, especially wearing particular clothes or with a particular boyfriend or girlfriend. [journalism, informal] Raise a few eyebrows by stepping out in these tiny shorts this summer. [VERB PARTICLE] She is said to be stepping out with a Hollywood actor. [VERB PARTICLE with noun] step up 1. phrasal verb If you step up something, you increase it or increase its intensity. He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to the region. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] There are reports of stepped-up fighting at the border. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you say that someone should step up, you mean that they should start to take responsibility for something. Someone needs to step up and point that out. [VERB PARTICLE] Quotations: one step at a time Idioms: step into someone's boots [mainly British] to take over from another person in sport who has been injured or who has given up their position Bony stepped into Drogba's boots as Ivory Coast's main striker. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers step out of line to do something that you should not do or to behave in an unacceptable way Values and traditions were accepted and agreed by everyone. If you stepped out of line, you knew what to expect. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers step up to the plate [US] to come forward and take responsibility for something He's got to step up to the plate and deal with these accusations. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers step into someone's shoes to take over someone's job or position In America, if a president resigns or dies in office, the vice-president steps into his shoes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers step on someone's toes or tread on someone's toes to offend someone by criticizing the way they do something or by interfering in something that is their responsibility He had trodden on too many toes setting up the new campus, and control of it was soon wrested from him. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: bold step It's a bold step for a full-on rock singer to leave their vocals and lyrics this exposed. The Sun (2007) But it would be a disaster if that experience deterred the Government from taking bolder steps on tax and red tape. Times, Sunday Times (2012) We decided to take the bold step. Christianity Today (2000) essential step Cleaning up the banks' balance sheets is an essential first step to rebuild confidence in the banking system. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Are we so eager to tie the knot that we rush past the essential steps in getting to know each other? Times, Sunday Times (2016) Military service is considered an essential step into adulthood in many countries. Times, Sunday Times (2010) huge step I was learning, but it was a huge step in the right direction. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It is a huge step to take and not one to be hurried or considered before you feel certain. The Sun (2015) You need a huge step to go from two seasons ago when we finished third. Times, Sunday Times (2006) next step They have the patience because they always know what's needed to take the next step. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Likewise, the next step in worship is to engage people physically. Christianity Today (2000) The next step was to venture outdoors. Times, Sunday Times (2016) positive step If you are to change, make sure it's a positive step. Times, Sunday Times (2013) There is hope, and there are positive steps to take to find healing. Christianity Today (2000) It can be a positive step forward given that we know players are coming back. Times, Sunday Times (2008) practical step They need a leader who comes to board meetings with clear direction for the church and practical steps to get there. Christianity Today (2000) What you both need to do now is identify the first practical step towards your dream and take it. The Sun (2011) This gives practical steps as to how best to help yourself. Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home (1988) reasonable step A doctor is expected to take all reasonable steps to prolong life. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The law requires you to take reasonable steps to settle your dispute before complaining to the council. Times, Sunday Times (2014) First they must show that they have taken reasonable steps to come to an agreement themselves. Times, Sunday Times (2012) self-help step I'm sending you my shyness leaflet with self-help steps to help you gain self-confidence. The Sun (2012) My advice line today explains more detailed self-help steps. The Sun (2013) Yet often some simple self-help steps can help sufferers learn to live a normal life. The Sun (2015) sensible step It is certainly making things difficult and doesn't seem willing to take sensible steps to get round problems. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Along the way he took sensible steps to make sure he got a job after university. Times, Sunday Times (2008) These are sensible steps towards a safer future. Times, Sunday Times (2013) simple step Yet taking a few simple steps now greatly cuts the risk of facing the trauma of burst pipes in winter. The Sun (2013) One thing they can do is take some simple steps to maximise their credit score before putting in an application. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Here are five simple steps to make sure your retirement plans are on track. Times, Sunday Times (2014) small step He was a brilliant teacher - clear small steps at a time, which we had no difficulty in following. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Take small steps and I promise you will get there. The Sun (2015) Others take one small step at a time. Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994) take a step This was the moment when they peered into the abyss of global financial cataclysm - and then decided to take a step closer to the edge. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The tabloids have to take a step backwards and think about what they have done. Times, Sunday Times (2006) We've taken a step backwards today. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He took a step toward Hanuman, and then ten more blindingly quick steps. Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2002) tentative step Or you can go on holiday to a country that has only just taken its first tentative step into the travel brochures. Times, Sunday Times It was our first tentative step back into life, a public statement that while we'd lost an election it wasn't the end of the world. Times, Sunday Times Some families take a tentative step when leaving city life and relocate to the halfway house of a county town (see article opposite). Times, Sunday Times We thought this would be exciting, this combined proximity and independence, a tentative step towards seriousness, and for a while it was. Times,Sunday Times We have now, thank goodness, taken a tentative step back towards a genuinely free press. The Sun unprecedented step Town will today take unprecedented step publishing financial on their website. The Sun This so misrepresented the issues that the court took the unprecedented step of tweeting a response explaining its decision. Times, Sunday Times As a result, police took the unprecedented step of closing the entire park for the first time in its history. Times,Sunday Times The institution spent 30,000 in the unprecedented step of taking legal action at the county court to ban him. Times, Sunday Times The disciplinary panel should also note the unprecedented step taken by the appeal board yesterday. Times, Sunday Times unusual step Cops launched a nationwide hunt and took the unusual step of publicly naming her as top of their wanted list. The Sun It had even taken the unusual step of raising its offer on rumours of a higher counterbid from a rival. Times, Sunday Times He gained admission by the unusual step of holding an impromptu exhibition of his paintings on the railings outside. Times, Sunday Times The company also took the unusual step of stating the range within which its full-year profits would fall. Times, Sunday Times When one takes the rather unusual step of downgrading a paying client, traders tend to listen. Times, Sunday Times vital step Now you realise what your true ambitions are, you can take vital steps towards making them happen. The Sun (2009) Simply admitting to yourself that you want more from life is the first vital step towards getting it. The Sun (2008) You can take the first vital step towards the life you really want to lead. The Sun (2011) wooden steps Folding glass doors open on to a series of wooden steps and a deck with a chimney stack. Times, Sunday Times Wooden steps and decking lead you from the terrace straight on to the sand. Times, Sunday Times And with that he disappears down the wooden steps and past the foraging chickens. The Sun Wooden steps lead down from the deck into the sea, enabling guests to swim or snorkel straight from the villa. Times, Sunday Times There was a rope ladder with wooden steps hanging down her side. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 步骤, 台阶 Japanese: 歩み, 段
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