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单词 march
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march

verb
 
/mɑːtʃ/
/mɑːrtʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they march
/mɑːtʃ/
/mɑːrtʃ/
he / she / it marches
/ˈmɑːtʃɪz/
/ˈmɑːrtʃɪz/
past simple marched
/mɑːtʃt/
/mɑːrtʃt/
past participle marched
/mɑːtʃt/
/mɑːrtʃt/
-ing form marching
/ˈmɑːtʃɪŋ/
/ˈmɑːrtʃɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
    [intransitive] to walk with stiff regular steps like a soldier
    • Quick march! (= the order to start marching)
    • + adv./prep. Soldiers were marching up and down outside the government buildings.
    • + noun They marched 20 miles to reach the capital.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • briskly
    • swiftly
    • boldly
    • …
    preposition
    • on
    • out of
    • through
    • …
    phrases
    • march in step
    See full entry
  2.  
    [intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk somewhere quickly in a determined way
    • She marched over to me and demanded an apology.
    Extra Examples
    • Craig marched up to the door and rang the bell.
    • So saying, she marched boldly out of the house.
    • Ann marched straight past me and up the stairs.
    • He marched off, muttering something.
    • They marched proudly onto the football field.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • briskly
    • swiftly
    • boldly
    • …
    preposition
    • on
    • out of
    • through
    • …
    phrases
    • march in step
    See full entry
  3.  
    [intransitive] to walk through the streets in a large group in order to protest about something
    Extra Examples
    • Millions of people marched against the war.
    synonym demonstrate
    Wordfinder
    • civil disobedience
    • demonstrate
    • hunger strike
    • march
    • occupy
    • placard
    • protest
    • riot
    • sabotage
    • uprising
    • They were marching for peace.
    • We marched peacefully through the streets.
    • Hundreds of people marched in support of the teachers' pay claim.
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • peacefully
    • triumphantly
    preposition
    • against
    • for
    • in support of
    • …
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  4.  
    [transitive] march somebody + adv./prep. to force somebody to walk somewhere with you
    • The guards marched the prisoner away.
    • She was marched out of the door and into a waiting car.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • briskly
    • swiftly
    • boldly
    • …
    preposition
    • on
    • out of
    • through
    • …
    phrases
    • march in step
    See full entry
    5. Word Originlate Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin.
Idioms
get your marching orders
  1. (informal) to be ordered to leave a place, a job, etc.
give somebody their marching orders
  1. (informal) to order somebody to leave a place, their job, etc.
march to (the beat of) a different drummer/drum | march to a different beat/tune
  1. to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas
    • She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.

march

noun
 
/mɑːtʃ/
/mɑːrtʃ/
Idioms
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  1.  
    [countable] an organized walk by many people from one place to another, in order to protest about something, or to express their opinions
    • protest marches
    • to go on a march
    compare demonstration
    Extra Examples
    • The farmers halted the march outside the Ministry of Agriculture.
    • The march was broken up by police in riot gear.
    • There were in excess of 100 000 people at the march.
    • a march against racism
    • a march for the victims of the war
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hunger
    • peace
    • protest
    • …
    verb + march
    • hold
    • organize
    • stage
    • …
    march + verb
    • mark something
    preposition
    • at a/​the march
    • on a/​the march
    • march against
    • …
    phrases
    • a march past
    See full entry
  2.  
    [countable] an act of marching; a journey made by marching
    • The army began their long march to the coast.
    see also forced march, route march
    Extra Examples
    • The army set off on a forced march north.
    • The border was still a day's march away.
    • They reached the enemy position after an arduous approach march.
    • Villages in the army's line of march were burned to the ground.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • long
    • steady
    • slow
    • …
    verb + march
    • begin
    • set off on
    preposition
    • on the march
    • march from
    • march of
    • …
    phrases
    • line of march
    • a… march away
    • the march eastward, westward, etc.
    • …
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  3. [singular] the march of something the steady development or forward movement of something
    • the march of progress/technology/time
    • the steady march towards equality
  4. [countable] a piece of music written for marching to
    • a funeral march
    • The orchestra struck up a military march.
    see also wedding marchTopics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • military
    • funeral
    • wedding
    • …
    verb + march
    • compose
    • play
    See full entry
    5. Word Originlate Middle English: from French marcher ‘to walk’ (earlier ‘to trample’), of uncertain origin.
Idioms
on the march
  1. marching somewhere
    • The enemy are on the march.
steal a march (on somebody)
  1. [no passive] to gain an advantage over somebody by doing something before them
    • The company is looking at ways to steal a march on its European competitors.

March

noun
 
/mɑːtʃ/
/mɑːrtʃ/
[uncountable, countable]
(abbreviation Mar.)
Idioms
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  1. the 3rd month of the year, between February and April
    Extra Examples
    • She was born in March.
    • (British English) The meeting is on the fifth of March/​March the fifth.
    • (North American English) The meeting is on March fifth.
    • We went to Japan last March.
    • I arrived at the end of March.
    • Whale watching trips begin in early March.
    • The seeds germinate from March to May.
    • The study appears in the March issue of the Journal of Paediatrics.
    • The event will be held from March 3rd to 9th.
    • Elections were held in late March.
    • He revealed his secret in a March 2019 interview.
    Topics Timea1
    Word OriginMiddle English: from an Old French dialect variant of marz, from Latin Martius (mensis) ‘(month) of Mars’.
Idioms
(as) mad as a hatter/a March hare
  1. (informal) (of a person) mentally ill; very silly
    • He's as mad as a March hare but he does a great job.
    More Like This Similes in idiomsSimiles in idioms
    • (as) bald as a coot
    • (as) blind as a bat
    • (as) bright as a button
    • (as) bold as brass
    • as busy as a bee
    • as clean as a whistle
    • (as) dead as a/​the dodo
    • (as) deaf as a post
    • (as) dull as ditchwater
    • (as) fit as a fiddle
    • as flat as a pancake
    • (as) good as gold
    • (as) mad as a hatter/​a March hare
    • (as) miserable/​ugly as sin
    • as old as the hills
    • (as) pleased/​proud as Punch
    • as pretty as a picture
    • (as) regular as clockwork
    • (as) quick as a flash
    • (as) safe as houses
    • (as) sound as a bell
    • (as) steady as a rock
    • (as) thick as two short planks
    • (as) tough as old boots
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