单词 | goosestep |
释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : goose-stepn. > as lemmasˈgoose-step ˈgoose-step v. (intransitive) to practise this drill; also occasionally transitive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [verb (intransitive)] > march > practise specific step hay-foot, straw-foot1851 goose-step1879 lock-step1887 1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany I. 297 He sees them [recruits] posturing, goose-stepping, tumbling [etc.]. 1938 Reader's Digest Jan. 110/1 Chilean citizens of German blood are already goose~stepped by Nazi missionaries. 1964 C. Chaplin My Autobiogr. xxv. 433 Greed has poisoned men's souls.., has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. 1967 Listener 16 Mar. 370/3 The Nazi jackboot goose~stepping on the boulevards got his goat. 1970 Daily Tel. 16 June 11/7 Women as well as men goose-step around the stage to the tat-tat of drums. < see also as lemmas |
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