| 单词 | military step |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilitary step a. The space traversed by the movement of one foot beyond the other in walking or running; a pace. Hence as a measure of length or distance, sometimes vague, sometimes defined, as military step (see quot. 1862). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > pace or step stridec725 stepc975 pacec1330 pass?c1400 pass?a1425 footstep1570 rhythm1778 c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. v. 41 Mille passus, þusend steppan [c1000 stapa]. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 147/23 Passus, stæpe. c1250 Owl & Night. 1592 Vych stape hire þinkþ a Mile. 1478 W. Worcester Itineraries 104 Navis continet 60 steppys meis et longitudo Chori continet circa 60 steppys. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xliv A lyttell brooke, called Sandyfforde, whyche is but a mans step ouer. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxvii. 304 I remember once that I met with a man that thought he wanted not above two or three steps of the Gate of Jerusalem. 1703 C. Cibber She wou'd & she wou'd Not iv. 56 Move but a step..this Minute is thy last. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 15 May (1948) I. 270 It is two good miles and just five thousand seven hundred and forty-eight steps. 1798 W. Wordsworth We are Seven in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 112 Their graves are green, they may be seen,..Twelve steps or more from my mother's door. 1862 W. Paterson Treat. Milit. Drawing & Surv. 17 The military step of 30 inches, of which there are 2112 to a mile. 1887 J. Farrell How he Died 39 Not another step, or I'll have to pot you! < as lemmas |
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