| 单词 | walk |
| 释义 | walk (wɔːk ) Word forms: walks , walking , walked 1. verb A1 When you walk, you move forward by putting one foot in front of the other in a regular way. Rosanna and Forbes walked in silence for some while. [VERB] We walked into the foyer. [VERB preposition/adverb] She turned and walked away. [VERB preposition/adverb] They would stop the car and walk a few steps. [VERB noun] When I was your age I walked five miles to school. [VERB noun + to] Synonyms: travel on foot, go on foot, hoof it [slang], foot it 2. countable noun A2 A walk is a journey that you make by walking, usually for pleasure. I went for a walk. He often took long walks in the hills. Synonyms: stroll, hike, ramble, tramp 3. singular noun B2 A walk of a particular distance is the distance which a person has to walk to get somewhere. It was only a three-mile walk to Kabul from there. [+ to] The church is a short walk from Piazza Dante. [+ from] 4. countable noun A walk is a route suitable for walking along for pleasure. There is a 2 mile coastal walk from Craster to Newton. 5. singular noun B2 A walk is the action of walking rather than running. She slowed to a steady walk. 6. singular noun Someone's walk is the way that they walk. George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer. Synonyms: gait, manner of walking, step, bearing 7. verb B1+ If you walk someone somewhere, you walk there with them in order to show politeness or to make sure that they get there safely. She walked me to my car. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 8. verb B1+ If you walk your dog, you take it for a walk in order to keep it healthy. I walk my dog each evening around my local streets. [VERB noun] 9. to be walking on air phrase If you say that you are walking on air or floating on air, you mean that you feel extremely happy about something. As soon as I know I'm in the team it's like I'm walking on air. 10. to walk tall phrase If you say that someone walks tall, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they have pride in themselves and in what they are doing. Phrasal verbs: walk away phrasal verb If you walk away from a problem or a difficult situation, you do nothing about it or do not face any bad consequences from it. The most appropriate strategy may simply be to walk away from the problem. [VERB PARTICLE + from] No one knows you're a part of this. You can just walk away. [VERB PARTICLE] walk away with phrasal verb If you walk away with something such as a prize, you win it or get it very easily. [journalism] Enter our competition and you could walk away with £10,000. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] walk in on phrasal verb If you walk in on someone, you enter the room that they are in while they are doing something private, and this creates an embarrassing situation. I walked in on him chatting to a woman on webcam. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] walk into 1. phrasal verb If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless. He's walking into a situation that he absolutely can't control. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you walk into a job, you manage to get it very easily. [informal] When I left school, I could walk into any job. [VERB PARTICLE noun] walk off with 1. phrasal verb If someone walks off with something that does not belong to them, they take it without permission. [informal] I'll bet you walked off with my coat, too. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you walk off with something such as a prize, you win it or get it very easily. [journalism] The delighted pensioner walked off with a £2,000 prize. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] walk out 1. phrasal verb B2 If you walk out of a meeting, a performance, or an unpleasant situation, you leave it suddenly, usually in order to show that you are angry or bored. Several dozen councillors walked out of the meeting in protest. [VERB PARTICLE + of] Mr. Mason walked out during the performance. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If someone walks out on their family or their partner, they leave them suddenly and go to live somewhere else. Her husband walked out on her. [VERB PARTICLE + on] She had walked out and gone to live in Bath with her granny. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If workers walk out, they stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves. Nationwide industrial action began earlier this week, when staff at most banks walked out. [VERB PARTICLE] walk over phrasal verb If someone walks over you, they treat you very badly. [informal] Do you think you can walk over me? Well, you won't, ever! [VERB PARTICLE noun] You let your children walk all over you. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Quotations: We must learn to walk before we can run Idioms: walk on eggshells to be very careful about what you say or do to someone because they are easily upset or offended Healthy or sick, good days or bad, I felt I was always walking on eggshells around him. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers walk into the lion's den to deliberately place yourself in a dangerous or difficult situation The Minister walked into the lion's den of his press accusers, looked them in the eye, and fought back. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers walk the plank [journalism] to accept responsibility for something that has gone wrong and leave your position If they think that the President is going to lose, they might decide, `OK, why should I walk the plank for him?' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run before you can walk [British] to try to do something which is very difficult or advanced before you have made sure that you can successfully achieve something simpler They tried to run before they could walk. They made it too complicated. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers walk a tightrope to be in a difficult situation where you must be very careful about what you do or say, because you are trying to satisfy opposing groups He is walking a tightrope between the young activists and the more traditional elements within the democracy movement. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take a walk to go away or to stop interfering The Coastguard broke in almost immediately, asking if we required any assistance. `Tell him to take a walk,' said Steve. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a walk in the park something that is very easy I thought marriage was tough, but that's a walk in the park compared to golf. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers walk the walk [informal] to act in a way that matches the things that you say But the time has come for Mr Coleman to prove that he can walk the walk to the same level as he can talk the talk. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: walk a mile While they partied into the early hours she left early at 8pm to walk the mile and a half home. Times, Sunday Times Walk a mile, take a right, go over two more sand dunes. Times, Sunday Times I could even walk a mile west to a lake. Times, Sunday Times I enjoyed the clapping, but do we really have to walk a mile in their actual shoes? Times,Sunday Times But with demographic changes - as we get older - and economic weakness, people increasingly don't want to walk a mile for a pint of milk. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 步行, 走 Japanese: 散歩, 歩く |
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