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单词 to beat a track
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to beat a track
a. transitive. Said of the action of the feet upon the ground in walking or running; hence, to beat the streets: to walk up and down. to beat a path or to beat a track: to tread it hard or bare by frequent passage; hence, to open up or prepare a way. Often figurative.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)]
to step (up)on ——OE
beatOE
treadc1384
betread1495
overwalk1533
foot1557
walk1574
trample1595
reiterate1648
to step foot in1864
pound1890
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > in the streets
to beat the streetsc1375
to walk the street(s)1530
vicambulate1873
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go first or in front [verb (intransitive)]
foregoc825
to go beforec1225
preamble1402
to beat a path1589
to lead the waya1593
preambulate1598
anteambulate1623
antecede1628
to lead the van1697
to take the (or a) lead1768
lead1798
to lead off1806
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [verb (transitive)] > beat a path
treada1425
to beat a path1589
path1642
society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > travelling [verb (intransitive)] > tread a path hard or bare by frequent passage
to beat a path1590
OE Beowulf 2265 Se..mearh burhstede béateð.
c1375 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 166 Bete stretis vp & doun & synge & pleie as mynystrelis.
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 135 And as enamored wights are wont, He gan the streetes to beate.
1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **4v Master Gascoigne..who first beate the path to that perfection.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A4v That path they take, that beaten seemd most bare.
1637 W. Austin in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. 235 Jesus Christ..who hath beaten the way for us.
1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. 18 Our Ancestors have but beat the Track before us.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 184 Their trampling Feet Beat the loose Sands.
1745 E. Young Consolation 27 The Paths she trod; Various, extensive, beaten but by Few.
1875 C. Rossetti Goblin Market 193 This beaten way thou beatest, I fear is Hell's own track.
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