| 单词 | double march |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouble march 9. The regular and uniform step of a body of troops, etc.; the rhythmic sound produced by this. Sometimes with premodifying adjective, as double march, etc. Also figurative. See also quick march n. 1, slow march n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > uniform and regular marching1558 march1661 society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > step march1661 step1798 society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > rate of marching > specific quick march1606 double march1661 slow time1763 ordinary time1792 quick time1802 double time1833 double1860 walk-march1874 1661 Princess Cloria iv. 402 The quick march of the Kings Souldiers, made us see our own folly. 1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. ii. 25 That quick march of the spirits..does in the end exhaust the mind. 1783 J. Hoole tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso II. xvi. 566 So loud their march, the Scots suspended hear, They leave their ranks and stain their fame with fear. 1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Naples 127 Hear ye the march as of the Earth-born Forms Arrayed against the everliving Gods? 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. i. 21 The Double March..is 150 steps in the minute, each of 36 inches, making 450 feet in a minute. 1859 Field Exercise Infantry (rev. ed.) iii. 95 The double march is not applied to the movements of large bodies of troops for a longer distance than is required in a charge. 1889 Infantry Drill 25 The length of which [plummet-string]..must be as follows for the different degrees of march. 1889 Infantry Drill 29 The Slow March. 1994 Esprit de Corps (Ottawa) Aug. 5/2 The Second Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment..paraded..at the slow march, the last post was played. < as lemmas |
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