单词 | to lengthen stride |
释义 | > as lemmasto lengthen (or shorten) stride c. The distance covered by a stride; the normal length of a stride used as a measure of distance. to lengthen (or shorten) one's stride, (U.S.) to lengthen (or shorten) stride. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > pace or step stridec725 stepc975 pacec1330 pass?c1400 pass?a1425 footstep1570 rhythm1778 c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) P 134 Passus, faeðm uel tuegen stridi. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1488 No ȝede he bot ten stride, His speche les he þar. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4643 And nowar myȝte he passe be-syde, For þe roche was heȝ an hundred stryde. a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 4433 Ne miȝtten men a stride go Bot men stepped on ded men. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. x. 131 Syre Arthur..gaf hym..suche a buffet that he went thre strydes abak. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 127v And as for shotyng a ferre, he passid the ferthest on the felde .xxiiii. stredes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S4v Betwixt them both was but a litle stride. 1663 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 482 A part of the quadrangle, containing 30 of my strides in square. 1676 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 163 The first tent..was 15 strides long and 12 broad. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Stride, two Steps, or a Measure of five Foot. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. iii. 95 I am to carry you to old Father Crackenthorp's, and then you are within a spit and a stride of Scotland, as the saying is. 1925 E. F. Norton in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 32 On April 8 we lengthened our stride and covered 12 miles. 1978 Washington Post 24 Mar. b6/2 Her many backers had some anxious moments as she shortened stride after a clear lead at the head of the stretch. 1980 H. D. Westacott Walker's Handbk. (ed. 2) iv. 60 On level ground use your natural stride and resist any temptation to lengthen it. On a gradient the stride should be shortened. < as lemmas |
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