单词 | striding |
释义 | stridingn. The action of stride v. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [noun] > legs stridingc1440 footing1545 straddle1611 stridea1627 straddling1673 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > with long steps stride1671 striding1677 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 480/1 Strydynge, patentacio, stragiatus, pantagium. 1677 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. A striding over, interceptio passis cruribus facta. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 253 No hope, no sublime augury cheers the student, no secure striding from experiment onward to a foreseen law. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill ix. 187 A nod of the head, a keen look, and a striding off elsewhere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2018). stridingadj. a. That strides. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > with long steps striding1538 stalkinga1560 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Varicus, an aduerbe, whyche sygnyfyethe strydynge. 1670 D. Lloyd State Worthies (ed. 2) 27 Men of quick and large striding minds loving to walk together. 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 54 What care, though striding Alexander past The Indus with his Macedonian numbers? 1891 N. Gould Double Event xix He meant to give the horse a good striding gallop as soon as it was light. 1909 E. Banks Myst. Frances Farrington 101 The somewhat striding walk of a tall woman. b. striding level: a spirit-level supported at both ends so as to straddle over intervening projections. So striding stand. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > level level1340 water level1563 leveller1693 spirit level1718 pendulum level1728 bubble level1814 Y level1845 striding level1878 1878 J. N. Lockyer Stargazing 332 Place a striding level on the pivots. 1890 W. F. Stanley Surveying Instruments 222 In the construction of the striding level,..the two striding stands SS are carried down from the ends of the casing tube B of the spirit level. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.c1440adj.1538 |
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