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单词 pace
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pace1/pays/ noun

a step in walking

the distance covered by a single step, usu taken to be about 0.75m (about 30in.)

a manner of walking; a tread

a gait of a horse, esp a gait in which a horse has been trained to move

a fast two-beat gait in which the horse moves its two left legs and its two right legs in unison alternately

rate of movement

She started off up the hill at a tremendous pace

rate or speed of moving, working, developing, etc doing something

The pace of change quickened as the century neared its end

keep pace with

to move, change, or progress at the same speed as somebody or something

off the pace

behind the leader or leaders in a race or contest

put somebody through their paces

to test somebody by making them demonstrate their abilities

set the pace

to control the speed at which a race is run or an activity progresses

stand/stay the pace

to be able to maintain the same speed as others

[Middle English pas via Old French from Latin passus, literally ‘stretch of the leg’, from pandere to stretch, spread]

pace2verb intrans

to walk or traverse with a slow or measured tread

said esp of a horse: to go at a pace

(often + out/off) to measure (a distance) by pacing

to set or regulate the pace of (e.g. a race); specif to go ahead of (e.g. a runner) as a pacemaker

to set (oneself) a steady rate of doing something, e.g. working, or to hold (oneself) back to such a pace

verb trans

(often + out/off) to measure (a distance) by pacing

to traverse (e.g. a room) at a walk

said of a horse: to cover (a course) by pacing

to set or regulate the pace of (e.g. a race); specif to go ahead of (e.g. a runner) as a pacemaker

to keep pace with (somebody)


pace3/ʹpaysi/ prep

used when contradicting or disagreeing with somebody: with due respect to

This, pace the bishop, is not a religious issue

[Latin pace, ablative of pac-, pax peace, permission]
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