| 单词 | a false step |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(to make) a false step a. (to make) a false step (= French faux pas): a misplaced step, a stumble; hence figurative an unwise or improper action; formerly spec. a woman's lapse from virtue. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] misnimming?c1225 errora1340 defaulta1387 balkc1430 fault1523 jeofail1546 errat1548 trip1548 naught1557 missa1568 missinga1568 slide1570 snappera1572 amiss1576 mistaking1579 misprize1590 mistake1600 berry-block1603 solecism1603 fallibility1608 stumblea1612 blota1657 slur1662 incorrectnessa1771 bumble1823 skew1869 (to make) a false step1875 slip-up1909 ricket1958 bad1981 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 207 I..unfortunately made a false step, and tumbled down again into the Boat. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 35 False Steps but help them to renew the Race. 1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour I. 114 Such young women as have made a false step. 1823 F. Clissold Narr. Ascent Mont Blanc 20 A false step might have swept us below into an immense crevasse. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 231 If he has taken a false step he must be able to retrieve himself. < as lemmas |
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