pace
pace&+{1}
[peɪs]
n
a single step in walking.the distance covered by a step
a measure of length equal to the average length of a stride, approximately 3 feetSee Roman pace See geometric pace See military pace
speed of movement, esp of walking or running
rate or style of proceeding at some activity
to live at a fast pace
manner or action of stepping, walking, etc; gait
any of the manners in which a horse or other quadruped walks or runs, the three principal paces being the walk, trot, and canter (or gallop)
a manner of moving, natural to the camel and sometimes developed in the horse, in which the two legs on the same side of the body are moved and put down at the same time
a step or small raised platform
vb
to set or determine the pace for, as in a race
to walk with regular slow or fast paces, as in boredom, agitation, etc
to pace the room
to measure by paces
to pace out the distance
to walk with slow regular strides
to pace along the street
(of a horse) to move at the pace (the specially developed gait)
pace
pace&+{2}
[ˈpeɪsɪ,ˈpɑːkɛ]
prep
with due deference to: used to acknowledge politely someone who disagrees with the speaker or writer
- 习惯用语
- keep pace with to proceed at the same speed as
- put someone through his paces to test the ability of someone
- set the pace to determine the rate at which a group runs or walks or proceeds at some other activity
- stand the pace to keep up with the speed or rate of others
- stay the pace 同
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