英语词汇“stride”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	stride
释义	stride I. \ˈstrīd\ verb (strode \-rōd\ ; strid·den \-rid^ən\ ; strid·ing \-rīdiŋ\ ; strides) Etymology: Middle English striden, from Old English strīdan; akin to Middle Low German striden to straddle, Old High German strītan to quarrel, fight, Old Norse strītha to fight, strīthr strong, hard, stiff, Old English starian to stare — more at stare *intransitive verb* 1. a. obsolete : to stand with the legs wide apart : straddle b. : to give the appearance of standing astride < hills rising from the water and the striding bridges — R.L.Shayon > < antennas would stride north Atlantic ice caps — K.E.Mundt > 2. : to move or walk with or as if with long steps < strode to the door — J.C.Lincoln > < was his custom to stride up and down the street — American Guide Series: Oregon > 3. : to take a very long step < strode over the pail — Arnold Bennett > *transitive verb* 1. : bestride, straddle 2. : to pass over at a step : step over 3. : to move or walk over, along, or about with or as if with long measured steps < found the great man impatiently striding the floor — Time > II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English stride, stryde, strede, from Old English stride; akin to Middle Low German strede stride, Old English strīdan to stride 1. a. : the distance measured by a long step b. : the distance covered by a runner in one leg cycle 2. a. (1) : an act of striding : a lengthy walking step < merely marched … briskly, stamping hard at every stride — D.L.Busk > < walked … with a kind of finality in the stride, as though she had made up her mind — R.P.Warren > (2) : something resembling a stride < gathered many honors in his stride through a long and useful life — A.W.Long > < a giant crane lifted steel girders with an effortless stride — Louis Bromfield > b. : a long dance step 3. : a standing position in which the legs are spread apart either laterally or forward and back 4. : a stage of progress : a decisive movement toward a future goal : advance < have made extraordinary strides in invention — T.W.Arnold > < the strides made in recent years in keeping the American public informed — Lou Smyth > 5. a. : an act of locomotion consisting of a cycle of movements completed when an animal's feet regain the initial relative positions; also : the distance traversed in such a movement — used especially of a horse b. : the most effective natural pace : the full motion or height of activity < he had just got into his stride when the lady interrupted him with a remark — W.S.Maugham > < the laughter threw the Minister out of his stride, he … presently brought his remarks to a close — E.H.Collis > 6. : a manner of walking with distinctively long steps < watched her lithe stride … as she drew away — Zane Grey > < swinging his arms and stepping higher … so that his stride was one of majesty — Roark Bradford > 7. strides plural, Britain : trousers • - in stride
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