单词 | march |
释义 | march march1 /mahrch/, v.i. 1. to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body. 2. to walk in a stately, deliberate manner. 3. to go forward; advance; proceed: Time marches on. v.t. 4. to cause to march. 5. march on, to march toward, as in protest or in preparation for confrontation or battle: The angry mob marched on the Bastille. n. 6. the act or course of marching. 7. the distance covered in a single period of marching. 8. advance; progress; forward movement: the march of science. 9. a piece of music with a rhythm suited to accompany marching. 10. on the march, moving ahead; progressing; advancing: Automation is on the march. 11. steal a march on, to gain an advantage over, esp. secretly or slyly. [1375-1425; late ME marchen < MF march(i)er, OF marchier to tread, move < Frankish *markon presumably, to mark, pace out (a boundary); see MARK1] march2 /mahrch/, n. 1. a tract of land along a border of a country; frontier. 2. marches, the border districts between England and Scotland, or England and Wales. v.i. 3. to touch at the border; border. [1250-1300; ME marche < AF, OF < Gmc; cf. OE gemearc, Goth marka boundary; see MARK1] |
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