| 单词 | pace |
| 释义 | pace pace1 /pays/, n. , v. , paced, pacing. n. 1. a rate of movement, esp. in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour. 2. a rate of activity, progress, growth, performance, etc.; tempo. 3. any of various standard linear measures, representing the space naturally measured by the movement of the feet in walking: roughly 30 to 40 in. (75 cm to 1 m). Cf. geometrical pace, military pace, Roman pace. 4. a single step: She took three paces in the direction of the door. 5. the distance covered in a step: Stand six paces inside the gates. 6. a manner of stepping; gait. 7. a gait of a horse or other animal in which the feet on the same side are lifted and put down together. 8. any of the gaits of a horse. 9. a raised step or platform. 10. put through one's paces, to cause someone to demonstrate his or her ability or to show her or his skill: The French teacher put her pupils through their paces for the visitors. 11. set the pace, to act as an example for others to equal or rival; be the most progressive or successful: an agency that sets the pace in advertising. v.t. 12. to set the pace for, as in racing. 13. to traverse or go over with steps: He paced the floor nervously. 14. to measure by paces. 15. to train to a certain pace; exercise in pacing: to pace a horse. 16. (of a horse) to run (a distance) at a pace: Hanover II paced a mile. v.i. 17. to take slow, regular steps. 18. to walk up and down nervously, as to expend nervous energy. 19. (of a horse) to go at a pace. [1250-1300; ME pas < OF < L passus step, pace, equiv. to pad-, var. s. of pandere to spread (the legs, in walking) + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > ss] Syn. 8. step, amble, rack, trot, jog, canter, gallop, walk, run, singlefoot. 17. PACE, PLOD, TRUDGE refer to a steady and monotonous kind of walking. PACE suggests steady, measured steps as of one completely lost in thought or impelled by some distraction: to pace up and down. PLOD implies a slow, heavy, laborious, weary walk: The mailman plods his weary way. TRUDGE implies a spiritless but usually steady and doggedly persistent walk: The farmer trudged to his village to buy his supplies. Ant. 17. scurry, scamper, skip. pace2 /pay"see, pah"chay/; Lat. /pah"ke/, prep. with all due respect to; with the permission of: I do not, pace my rival, hold with the ideas of the reactionists. [1860-65; < L pace in peace, by favor (abl. sing. of pax PEACE, favor, pardon, grace)] |
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