| 单词 | walk through |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto walk through —— to walk through —— 1. intransitive. To rehearse a dance at a walking pace (cf. sense 16d); (of an actor) to rehearse a part or scene slowly; (hence) to give a lacklustre performance of a role on the stage. Also figurative. Cf. walkthrough n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > style or manner of dancing > [verb (transitive)] walk1742 hobble1762 to walk through ——1824 traipse1835 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] > in specific manner to tear a (the) cat1600 to top one's part1672 to walk through ——1824 corpse1874 sketch1888 underplay1896 to play for laughs (also a laugh)1900 register1913 scene-steal1976 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > act in specific manner misact1609 tragedize1755 overact1760 overplay1767 to walk through ——1824 underact1847 to play down to ——1880 routine1897 underplay1897 milk1921 ham1933 hoke1935 to camp it up1957 to play for laughs (also a laugh)1963 undercharacterize1970 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vi. 187 That caprice which so often tempts painters and musicians, and great actors, in the phrase of the latter, to walk through their part, instead of exerting themselves with the energy which acquired their fame. 1848 H. Tudor Domest. Mem. Christian Family Cumberland v. 73 Being taught, for example, to walk through the steps of this dance is calculated to form a graceful carriage. 1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace I. xii. 195 Her grave, pensive character only attained to walking through her part [in society]. 1859 Habits Good Society v. 206 ‘Steps,’ as the chasser of the quadrille is called, belong to a past age, and even ladies are now content to walk through a quadrille. 1899 C. Scott Drama of Yesterday & To-day II. xiv. 442 Often when she is tired to death,..her strength fails her. She walks through the part, as it is called. 1901 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) I. 320 The long-run system is often deplored on the ground that the mimes ‘walk through’ their parts. 1922 Mrs. P. Campbell Let. 11 June in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 256 I would like you to come and see Hedda Gabler—it would be nice to hear all the abominable things you might say. Some say I ‘walk through’. 1985 J. A. Crow Spain (rev. ed.) iii. 73 The gypsies still perform their dances, but within the past few years the procedure has become so commercialized that they now just walk through the steps. 2003 S. Sloyer From Page to Stage viii. 131 All of the pupils had an opportunity to read their lines and walk through their parts. 2. transitive. To guide (a person) through a process step by step. Cf. sense 22b. ΚΠ 1977 Chicago Tribune 13 Oct. iv. 6/2 He was utterly confused. So (assistant coach) Jimmy Rodgers walked him through (the plays) a few more times. 1987 N. Spinrad Little Heroes (1989) 354 Red Jack himself, manifested in sound and pixels, walked them through it. 1991 Consumers Digest Dec. 76/2 A menu of printed commands walk you through the set-up procedure. 2002 Chesapeake Life June 38/2 This unconventional video features noted boatbuilder John Harris, who walks the viewer through the process of assembling the kit for the Chesapeake 16 sea kayak. to walk (a message or the like) through to walk down: to counteract (poison) by walking; to exhaust (a companion) by walking; to walk out a sermon: to walk around until a sermon has ended; to walk (a message or the like) through: to take it in person. Cf. to walk off 2 at Phrasal verbs 1, leg n. Phrases 1a(b).extracted from walkv.< as lemmas |
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