| 单词 | baby step |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbaby step baby step n. chiefly figurative a (first) small step. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > a beginning or first step induction1597 instep1621 initiative1793 ice-breaking1804 baby step1825 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning > the earliest stage(s) beginningc1200 calendsc1374 crepusculum1398 childhood1549 infancy1555 rudiments1566 primordium1577 primitives1602 inchoation1652 inceptive1728 incunabula1824 baby step1825 inchoate1845 incipiency1858 incipience1864 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. 226 You went tottering along with your baby steps! 1849 Liberator 17 Aug. 131/1 What is despotism? It is the baby step of civilization. 1884 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 6 Mar. The late attempted revision by the last Congress was only a ‘baby step’ in the right direction. 1965 Accounting Rev. 40 331/1 A change in accounting practice will be gradual, a baby-step that must be supported forcefully. 1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 334 He got up off the bed and took four babysteps forwards. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 12 Jan. 11/2 For a long time, this country was..moving toward the right in baby steps. < as lemmas |
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