| 单词 | a pair of high steps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa pair of high steps high step n. (a) (in plural) a stepladder (frequently in a pair of high steps) (now rare); (b) a military step in which the feet and knees are raised high. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > [noun] > step-ladder pairc1450 steps1693 stand-ladder1712 stepladder1751 library stepsc1762 high step1776 trap-ladder1855 society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > step > specific sidestep1757 slow step1763 quickstep1766 high step1776 lockstep1787 goose-step1806 balance-step1833 1776 London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. Apr. 290 The shadow of a pair of high steps, projected on the several leaves of a folding screen. 1789 J. Christie Catal. Houshold Furnit. Duchess of Kingston 49 Two Venetian window blinds, a pair of high steps and 7 glass lamps. 1857 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 2 Mar. 1/2 The two companies then formed together, two by two, and with the music at their head, marched through the city. Their whitened appearance, together with the high step of the gallant captain..was highly amusing to the citizens. 1889 Infantry Drill i. 32 (heading) The High Step. 1894 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Choice of Evils II. viii. 199 He was exceedingly busy with hammer and nails, and the ‘high steps’, putting up fresh curtains. 1907 H. A. Jones Middleman ii. 47 A window over the bench: a pair of high steps just below the chintz curtain. 1969 Daily Tel. 10 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 32/1 The music [of the Celts] is the wail of the bagpipe, played to the jig and the fling and the high-step whirl. 1996 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 17 Feb. 8 c The overture to Die Fledermaus lurched and braked in lieu of Viennese rubato betwixt waltz and high-step march. 2011 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 12 May b1 Churchland High does corps style. High step is described as a high-energy style of marching, while corps is more about precision. < as lemmas |
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