单词 | march |
释义 | march (once / 79 pages) 1vn 2nv To march is to walk with deliberate, short steps that fall in a regular rhythm. You can take your time walking into school in the morning, or you can march right up the steps and through the door. People can march just about anywhere they walk, although the verb brings to mind military processions of soldiers who march in unison. Marching bands are another example of people who march together this way. You can also use the word when you're talking about a group of demonstrators who decide to march in protest or support of a particular cause. March comes from the Middle French word marcher, which originally meant "to trample," and later came to mean "to walk." WORD FAMILYmarch: countermarch, marched, marcher, marching+/countermarch: countermarched, countermarches, countermarching/marcher: marchers/marching: marchings USAGE EXAMPLESJimmy Carter watched haplessly as the Soviets marched into Afghanistan and the Iranians held America hostage for 444 days. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The marching bands were the very soul of diversity. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) On Tuesday, march organizers announced that Gloria Steinem and Planned Parenthood would be official partners of the march. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride He marched into the classroom and announced the exam The soldiers marched across the border Hypo|Hyper troop move or march as if in a crowd walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 2v march in a procession Syn|Hypo|Hyper process file proceed in line parade, promenade, troopmarch in a procession goose stepmarch in a military fashion countermarchmarch back along the same way debouch, march outmarch out (as from a defile) into open ground walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 3v march in protest; take part in a demonstration Syn|Hypo|Hyper demonstrate picket serve as pickets or post pickets dissent, protest, resist express opposition through action or words 4v cause to march or go at a marching pace They marched the mules into the desert Hyper walk make walk 5v force to march The Japanese marched their prisoners through Manchuria Hypo|Hyper frogmarch march a person against his will by any method walk accompany or escort 6v walk ostentatiously Syn|Hyper exhibit, parade walk make walk 7n the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) it was a long march we heard the sound of marching Syn|Hypo|Hyper marching countermarch (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route goose stepa manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high lockstepa manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead promenadea march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance quick marchmarching at quick time routemarcha long training march for troops walk, walking the act of traveling by foot 8n a procession of people walking together the march went up Fifth Avenue Hypo|Hyper hunger march a march of protest or demonstration by the unemployed procession the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation 9n genre of music written for marching Sousa wrote the best marches Syn|Hypo|Hyper marching music martial music, military march, military music brisk marching music suitable for troops marching in a military parade processional march, recessional marcha march to be played for processions quickstepmilitary march accompanying quick time pibrochmartial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes dead march, funeral marcha slow march to be played for funeral processions wedding marcha march to be played for a wedding procession genre, music genre, musical genre, musical style an expressive style of music 10n a steady advance 2the march of science the march of time Hyper advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) 1n district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area the Welsh marches between England and Wales Syn|Hyper border district, borderland, marchland district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory a region marked off for administrative or other purposes 2v lie adjacent to another or share a boundary England marches with Scotland Syn|Hypo|Hyper abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge neighbor, neighbour be located near or adjacent to adjoin, contact, meet, touch be in direct physical contact with; make contact March (once / 111 pages) n WORD FAMILY March: mid-March USAGE EXAMPLESJackson wanted to watch more game film on Griffin, who signed a two-year deal in March. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) This year it plans to gradually remove price controls, starting in March with some border areas. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Many were in the same situation as Baker, who will become an unrestricted free agent March 7 at noon. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) n the month following February and preceding April Syn|Hyper Mar Gregorian calendar month a month in the Gregorian calendar MArch (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY MArch n a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture Syn|Hyper Master of Architecture master's degree an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree |
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