单词 | pace |
释义 | Word Frequency pace 1(peɪs) noun 1. a. a single step in walking b. the distance covered by a step 2. a measure of length equal to the average length of a stride, approximately 3 feet See also Roman pace, geometric pace, military pace 3. speed of movement, esp of walking or running 4. rate or style of proceeding at some activity to live at a fast pace 5. manner or action of stepping, walking, etc; gait 6. 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) 7. 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 8. architecture a step or small raised platform 9. keep pace with 10. put someone through his or her paces 11. set the pace 12. stand the pace verb 13. (transitive) to set or determine the pace for, as in a race 14. (often foll by about, up and down, etc) to walk with regular slow or fast paces, as in boredom, agitation, etc to pace the room 15. (transitive; often foll by out) to measure by paces to pace out the distance 16. (intransitive) to walk with slow regular strides to pace along the street 17. (intransitive) (of a horse) to move at the pace (the specially developed gait) Word origin C13: via Old French from Latin passūs step, from pandere to spread, unfold, extend (the legs as in walking)Word Frequency pace 2 Latin (ˈpɑːkɛ, ˈpɑːtʃɛ, English ˈpeɪsɪ) preposition with due deference to: used to acknowledge politely someone who disagrees with the speaker or writer Word origin C19: from Latin, from pāx peaceWord Frequency PACE(peɪs) noun acronym for (in England and Wales) Police and Criminal Evidence Act |
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