单词 | to step back |
释义 | > as lemmasto step back to step back (a) To go back a little distance, to retire or withdraw a short distance to the rear. (b) To go one or more paces backwards without turning the body round. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > step back to step back1538 to fall back?1567 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Resulto, to..to leape or steppe backe. 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxliii. sig. G viijv. Whome we muste imbolden..that gladly they wyll marche forwarde, and not to steppe backe for anye ieopardyes. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii. i. E 1 b I stept me backe, and drawing my olde friend heere, Made to the midst of them. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 820 Back stept those two fair Angels half amaz'd. View more context for this quotation 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxx. 40 The favourite of the princess, looking into the cavity, stepped back and trembled. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Step Back, March,..a word of command which is given when one or more men are ordered to take the back step according to regulation. 1857 M. Gatty Parables 2nd Ser. 65 He stepped back again to the path. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 6 In stepping back the pace is 30 inches. < as lemmas |
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