英语词汇“out of step”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

out of step

释义

step /step/

noun

A pace
A movement of the leg in walking, running, or dancing
The distance so covered
A footstep, footfall
A footprint
Gait
A small space
A short walk or journey
A degree of a scale
A stage upward or downward
One tread of a stair
A rung of a ladder
A doorstep
Something to put the foot on in mounting or dismounting
A stairlike rise or drop in level
A stage on the way up or down
A move towards an end or in a course of proceeding
Coincidence in speed and phase
A support for the end of a mast, pivot, etc
Step aerobics
(in pl) walk, direction taken in walking
(in pl) a stepladder (often a pair of steps)
(in pl) a flight of stairs

intransitive verb (steppˈing; stepped or (archaic) stept)

To advance, retire, mount, or descend by taking a step or steps
To pace
To walk
To walk slowly or gravely
To walk a short distance

transitive verb

To perform by stepping
To measure by pacing
To arrange or organize in a steplike formation or arrangement, stagger
To set (foot) (old US)
To fix (a mast, etc)

ORIGIN: OE (Mercian) steppe (WSax stæpe); Du step, Ger Stapfe

steppˈer noun

stepˈwise adverb

In the manner of steps

step aerobics singular noun

An aerobics exercise based on stepping on and off a block of adjustable height, usu in time to music

step change noun

A fundamental change

stepˈ-cut adjective

(of diamonds and other stones) cut in steplike facets

step dance noun

A dance involving an effective display of steps by an individual dancer

stepˈdancer noun

stepˈdancing noun

stepˈ-down noun

A decrease in rate, quantity, output, etc

adjective

Reducing voltage
Decreasing by stages

step fault noun (geology)

One of a series of parallel faults throwing in the same direction

step function noun (mathematics)

A function which makes an instant change in value from one constant value to another with an infinite number of harmonics present

stepˈ-in noun

A garment that is put on by being stepped into, esp one that needs no fastening (also adjective)

stepˈladder noun

A ladder with flat treads and a hinged prop

stepped-index fibre noun (telecommunications)

An optical fibre in which there is an abrupt transition from the higher refractive index of the information-bearing core to the lower refractive index of the cladding (cf graded-index fibre)

steppˈing-stone noun

A large stone in a shallow stream, etc stepped on to cross the stream, etc
A means to gradual progress (figurative)

step rocket noun

One made in sections operating successively and then discarded

step stone noun

A door step

stepˈ-up noun

An increase in rate, quantity, output, etc

adjective

Increasing or changing by steps
Raising voltage

break step

To change the sequence of right and left foot, so as to get out of step

in step

With simultaneous putting forward of the right (or left) feet in marching, etc (with others)
In conformity or agreement (with others)

keep step

To continue in step

out of step

Not in step
Not in conformity, at odds (with others)

step by step

Gradually, little by little

step down

To withdraw, retire, resign, from a position of authority, etc
To decrease the voltage of
To reduce the rate of

step in or step into

To enter easily or unexpectedly
To intervene (in)

step on

To put or press the foot down on
To crush or subdue

step on it (slang; see also under gas and juice)

To hurry

step out

To go out a little way
To increase the length of the step and so the speed
To have a busy social life

step out of line

To depart from the usual, or accepted, course of action

step short

To shorten the length of one's step

step up

To come forward
To build up into steps
To raise by a step or steps
To increase the voltage of
To increase the rate or level of

take steps

To take action

watch one's step

To go carefully, esp with a view to not giving offence or cause for complaint

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