lockstepn.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈlɒkstɛp/, U.S.

/ˈlɑkˌstɛp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lock v.¹, step n.¹

Etymology: < lock v.¹ + step n.¹, after to lock up 4 at lock v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1.The English expression is attributed to General G. A. Eliott in a translator's note in the source of quot. 1787.

Originally Military.

A. n.

A marching step in which the toe of one person is brought as close as possible to the heel of the person in front. Also figurative and in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > step > specific

sidestep1757

slow step1763

quickstep1766

high step1776

lockstep1787

goose-step1806

balance-step1833

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which

fetterOE

shackle?c1225

cagec1300

chainc1374

to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380

corda1382

gablea1555

obligation1582

hamper1613

tethera1628

girdlea1630

confiner1654

trammela1657

cramp1719

swathe1864

tie1868

lockstep1963

1787 I. Landmann tr. F. C. von Saldern Elements Tacticks ii. 102 When then it is ordered, to take the distance backwards; the whole column marches on with a lock-step [Ger. Deployirschritt].

1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris v. 70 The men who are now practising the lock-step in front of the window of Louis XVIII.

1834 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 25 Jan. 221 Facts are all in our favour. We point to the lockstep of taxation and crime.

1836 T. Power Impressions of Amer. I. 379 They [sc. convicts] were marched from the building in squads, using what is called the ‘lock-step’, and were jammed together as close as they could possibly tread.

1905 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 9 Mar. 12/5 The members of the house..sang ‘Glory, Glory, Hallelujah’ and in a lock-step marched from the house chamber through the senate chamber.

1963 New Society 7 Nov. 19/1 The prescribed lock-step of school life.

1972 Business Week 18 Mar. 32/1 The break could occur if Ireland did not follow Britain into the EEC. For the republic marches in an economic lockstep with Britain.

2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Dec. 50/2 The hostesses..poured tea like synchronized acolytes, moving in lockstep up and down the rows of delegates.

B. adv.

In lockstep.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [adverb] > specific step

lockstep1817

1817 Trials J. Brandreth & Others I. 205 They were marching two deep, lock step.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Yankee in Canada (1866) ii. 25 I observed one older man..marching lock-step with the rest.

1900 Friends' Intelligencer & Jrnl. 9 June 457/1 We saw the ‘prison gang’ going lock-step from their work..to their cells for dinner.

1976 Literary Rev. Fall 111 I joined the crowd walking lock-step to the single elevator.

2010 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constitution (Nexis) 30 Apr. a18 Even the so-called moderates go lock-step with the far right wing. There seems to be no hope for them.

C. adj.

Originally: (with reference to a marching or walking step) employing or resembling the lockstep. Later also: rigid, unchanging, inflexible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective]

truea1225

certain1297

standing1457

surec1475

stable1481

finite1493

resident1525

determinate1526

staid?1541

constantc1550

undiscomfitablea1555

inveterate1563

sound1565

unwanderinga1569

fixed1574

undisturbable1577

wishly1578

unremovable1579

inveterated1597

immoved1599

rigid1610

staple1621

consistent1648

irradicable1728

incoercible1756

hard and fast1822

unstrangulable1824

lockstep1831

statical1853

static1856

flatline1946

1831 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 17 Nov. 390 There were these eighteen couples, marching, arm in arm, in regular files, with a lock-step, slow march, to the sound of a fiddle.

1899 A. P. Gardiner Vac. Incidents vii. 178 Berry, Fred and Sidney followed in line, doing the shoulder and hip lock-step walk.

1920 Congregationalist & Advance 9 Sept. 326/2 This convict-like numbering of men, this lockstep march past the clock.

1955 Sci. News Let. 16 Apr. 255 A ‘what will people think’ disease is driving us all, cab driver as well as scientist, toward straitjacketed thinking and lock-step living.

1969 R. Bucher & J. Stelling in Jrnl. Health & Social Behavior 10 9/1 The system by which they were educating future physicians..was too rigid, too lockstep.

1971 New Yorker 30 Oct. 155 Mrs. Handy's lockstep methods (copy the great novelists, read the ‘Masters of the Far East’, stay away from girls) produced a handful of published novels.

2005 Austral. Financial Rev. 13 May 64/1 Partners at lock-step firms are still subject to stringent performance appraisals each year.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lockstep
释义	lockstepn.adv.adj. Brit. /ˈlɒkstɛp/, U.S. /ˈlɑkˌstɛp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lock v.¹, step n.¹ Etymology: < lock v.¹ + step n.¹, after to lock up 4 at lock v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1.The English expression is attributed to General G. A. Eliott in a translator's note in the source of quot. 1787. Originally Military. A. n. A marching step in which the toe of one person is brought as close as possible to the heel of the person in front. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > step > specific sidestep1757 slow step1763 quickstep1766 high step1776 lockstep1787 goose-step1806 balance-step1833 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which fetterOE shackle?c1225 cagec1300 chainc1374 to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380 corda1382 gablea1555 obligation1582 hamper1613 tethera1628 girdlea1630 confiner1654 trammela1657 cramp1719 swathe1864 tie1868 lockstep1963 1787 I. Landmann tr. F. C. von Saldern Elements Tacticks ii. 102 When then it is ordered, to take the distance backwards; the whole column marches on with a lock-step [Ger. Deployirschritt]. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris v. 70 The men who are now practising the lock-step in front of the window of Louis XVIII. 1834 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 25 Jan. 221 Facts are all in our favour. We point to the lockstep of taxation and crime. 1836 T. Power Impressions of Amer. I. 379 They [sc. convicts] were marched from the building in squads, using what is called the ‘lock-step’, and were jammed together as close as they could possibly tread. 1905 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 9 Mar. 12/5 The members of the house..sang ‘Glory, Glory, Hallelujah’ and in a lock-step marched from the house chamber through the senate chamber. 1963 New Society 7 Nov. 19/1 The prescribed lock-step of school life. 1972 Business Week 18 Mar. 32/1 The break could occur if Ireland did not follow Britain into the EEC. For the republic marches in an economic lockstep with Britain. 2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Dec. 50/2 The hostesses..poured tea like synchronized acolytes, moving in lockstep up and down the rows of delegates. B. adv. In lockstep. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [adverb] > specific step lockstep1817 1817 Trials J. Brandreth & Others I. 205 They were marching two deep, lock step. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Yankee in Canada (1866) ii. 25 I observed one older man..marching lock-step with the rest. 1900 Friends' Intelligencer & Jrnl. 9 June 457/1 We saw the ‘prison gang’ going lock-step from their work..to their cells for dinner. 1976 Literary Rev. Fall 111 I joined the crowd walking lock-step to the single elevator. 2010 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constitution (Nexis) 30 Apr. a18 Even the so-called moderates go lock-step with the far right wing. There seems to be no hope for them. C. adj. Originally: (with reference to a marching or walking step) employing or resembling the lockstep. Later also: rigid, unchanging, inflexible. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] truea1225 certain1297 standing1457 surec1475 stable1481 finite1493 resident1525 determinate1526 staid?1541 constantc1550 undiscomfitablea1555 inveterate1563 sound1565 unwanderinga1569 fixed1574 undisturbable1577 wishly1578 unremovable1579 inveterated1597 immoved1599 rigid1610 staple1621 consistent1648 irradicable1728 incoercible1756 hard and fast1822 unstrangulable1824 lockstep1831 statical1853 static1856 flatline1946 1831 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 17 Nov. 390 There were these eighteen couples, marching, arm in arm, in regular files, with a lock-step, slow march, to the sound of a fiddle. 1899 A. P. Gardiner Vac. Incidents vii. 178 Berry, Fred and Sidney followed in line, doing the shoulder and hip lock-step walk. 1920 Congregationalist & Advance 9 Sept. 326/2 This convict-like numbering of men, this lockstep march past the clock. 1955 Sci. News Let. 16 Apr. 255 A ‘what will people think’ disease is driving us all, cab driver as well as scientist, toward straitjacketed thinking and lock-step living. 1969 R. Bucher & J. Stelling in Jrnl. Health & Social Behavior 10 9/1 The system by which they were educating future physicians..was too rigid, too lockstep. 1971 New Yorker 30 Oct. 155 Mrs. Handy's lockstep methods (copy the great novelists, read the ‘Masters of the Far East’, stay away from girls) produced a handful of published novels. 2005 Austral. Financial Rev. 13 May 64/1 Partners at lock-step firms are still subject to stringent performance appraisals each year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : lock-stepv. < n.adv.adj.1787 see also
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