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单词 Pace
释义

Pace /pās/ a dialect form of Pasch

pace egg noun

An Easter egg, one hard-boiled and dyed

paceˈ-egging noun

  1. Begging for eggs, etc, at Easter
  2. Rolling pace eggs on the ground

pace1 /pās/

noun
  1. A stride
  2. A step
  3. The space between the feet in walking, about 76 centimetres, or (among the Romans) the space between two successive positions of the same foot, approx 1.5 metres
  4. Gait
  5. Rate of walking, running, etc (of a person or animal)
  6. Rate of speed in movement or work, often applied to fast living
  7. A mode of stepping in horses in which the legs on the same side are lifted together
  8. Amble
  9. A step of a stair, or the like
  10. A pass or passage (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To traverse with measured steps
  2. To measure by steps (often with out)
  3. To train to perform paces
  4. To set the pace for
  5. To perform as a pace or paces
intransitive verb
  1. To walk
  2. To walk slowly and with measured tread
  3. To amble
ORIGIN: Fr pas, from L passus a step, from pandere, passum to stretch

paced adjective

Having a certain pace or gait

pacˈer noun

  1. A person who paces
  2. One who sets the pace
  3. A horse whose usual gait is a pace
  4. A horse trained to pace in harness racing

pacˈey or pacˈy adjective (informal)

  1. Fast
  2. Lively, smart

paceˈ-bowler noun (cricket)

A bowler who delivers the ball fast

paceˈ-bowling noun

pace car noun

A car that sets the pace in a warm-up lap of a motor race but does not take part in the race

paceˈmaker noun

  1. A person who sets the pace in a race (also figurative)
  2. A small mass of muscle cells in the heart which control the heartbeat electrically
  3. An electronic device (in later models, with radioactive core) used to correct weak or irregular heart rhythms

pace'man noun (cricket)

A pace bowler

paceˈ-setter noun

A pacemaker, except in anatomical and electronic senses

go the pace

  1. To go at a great speed
  2. To live a fast life

keep or hold pace with

  1. To go as fast as
  2. To keep up with

make or set the pace

To regulate the speed for others by example

pace oneself

To work in a slow, steady and controlled way in order to achieve one's goal without wasting resources

put someone through his or her paces

To set someone to show what he or she can do, to test someone

show one's paces

To show what one can do

stand, stay or stick the pace

To keep up with the pace or speed that has been set

PACE /pās/

abbrev

Police and Criminal Evidence Act

pace2 /pāˈsē, päˈkā or päˈchā/

preposition

With or by the leave of (expressing disagreement courteously)

ORIGIN: L, ablative of pāx peace

Pasch /pask/ or (dialect) Pace /pās/

noun
  1. The Passover
  2. Easter (archaic)
ORIGIN: L pascha, from Gr pascha, from Heb pesach the Passover, from pāsach to pass over

paschˈal adjective

paschal candle noun

A large candle blessed and placed on the altar on the day before Easter

paschal flower same as pasqueflower

paschal (full) moon noun

The first full moon on or after the spring equinox, Easter being reckoned in the Roman Catholic Church as the first Sunday after the paschal moon

paschal lamb noun

The lamb slain and eaten at the Passover

paschˈ-egg or (dialect) paceˈ-egg noun

An Easter egg

Pasch of the Cross noun

Good Friday

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