| 单词 | walk |
| 释义 | walk I. intransitive verb 1. a. obsolete b. (1) of a spirit < the time when … spirits walk and ghosts break up their graves — Shakespeare > (2) < a figure who will walk in our imagination long after the book has been put down — E.A.Weeks > c. obsolete d. archaic e. obsolete, of the tongue f. of a ship 2. a. < we would walk on … to the next camp — E.E.Shipton > < the millions of cattle that walked to Kansas — M.C.Boatright > b. (1) < don't knock; just walk in > < she'd walked in on the family — Mary Deasy > < the workmen walked off their jobs > < the two committee members who felt offended got up and walked out of the meeting > (2) < a government so weak as to tempt neighboring countries to walk in and take over > < not seeing where the attorney's questions were leading, the witness walked right into his trap > < a figure worthy of the Periclean Age had walked into our epoch — Lucien Price > c. (1) < made it his habit to walk around the block ten times before breakfast > < went walking in the park > (2) Britain < she is walking out with a garage mechanic > < he is walking out with our maid > < they start walking out, they get engaged, and finally they get married — Richard Harrison > < a woman … who consents to walk with you — Thomas Hardy > d. (1) of a quadruped (2) < the horsemen galloped the first half mile and walked the rest of the way > e. of a biped < part of the time we walked and part of the time we ran > 3. a. obsolete b. 4. a. < walk warily > < walk in darkness — Jn 8:12(Authorized Version) > < everyone who has walked in sadness because his destiny has not fitted his aspirations — W.H.White > b. < walk humbly with thy God — Mic 6:8(Authorized Version) > < the British and American peoples will … walk together side by side in majesty, in justice, and in peace — Sir Winston Churchill > < loved to walk with a minority — W.A.White > 5. < almost every adult sleepwalker has a history of having walked as a child — This Week Magazine > — usually used with in one's sleep < people who walk in their sleep > 6. 7. 8. of an inanimate object a. < so as not to wobble the ladder and make the poles walk — Training Manual for Auxiliary Firemen > b. < the long … dock that walked across the mud flats of the bay — F.G.Slaughter > < the transmission towers walked down a slope — D.S.Boyer > transitive verb 1. a. < walk the avenue > < walk a tightrope > < had to walk the floor with the baby almost an hour before he got it to sleep > < evil forces that walk the world — C.T.Lanham > < the ghost … walks the corridors every night — J.P.Marquand > b. < walk guard > 2. a. < a rider walking his horse > < walking a dog on a leash > < steers that were walked to market > b. < formerly when the airship had to be pulled to the ground and walked into its hangar — No. American Review > < walked his bicycle up the hill > specifically c. < who had once walked the mails down the beaches — Marjory S. Douglas > 3. < walk a boundary > 4. a. < we'll walk you to the bus stop > b. < they walked you into jail — Karl Shapiro > < it may be necessary to pick the patient up, walk him about, and stimulate him in other ways in order to keep him awake — Morris Fishbein > 5. obsolete < walk the exchange > 6. < walk someone off his feet > < walked the entire afternoon away — Sherwood Anderson > 7. < she walked a spinning wheel into the house, making it use first one and then the other of its own spindling legs to achieve progression rather than lifting it by main force — C.E.Craddock > < warships were walking a barrage up and down the beach — Ira Wolfert > < he walked his … fingers along the couch back — Wallace Stegner > 8. a. < walk a quadrille > b. 9. a. chiefly Britain b. 10. < as you walk your mystic way — W.S.Gilbert > < would have to walk a careful course — Thomas Sugrue > 11. a. b. < walked in the winning run > • - walk around - walk away from - walk away with - walk into - walk off with - walk one's chalks - walk over - walk over the course - walk spanish - walk the chalk line - walk the floor - walk the hospitals - walk the plank - walk the streets - walk through II. 1. a. < go for a walk > < take a walk > < fond of long walks > b. obsolete 2. a. b. obsolete 3. a. (1) (2) b. (1) < a graveled walk in a garden > (2) walks plural, obsolete < he hath left you all his walks, his private arbors and new-planted orchards — Shakespeare > (3) c. (1) (2) d. 4. a. (1) (2) b. c. chiefly Britain < sending out foxhound puppies to walk — E.G.W.W.Harrison > < hound puppies are out at walk — C.E.Hare > d. 5. 6. < living within a short walk of one's place of employment > < a quarter mile walk from here > especially < within ten minutes' walk > 7. Britain 8. a. b. obsolete 9. a. < he started at a walk but soon broke into a run > b. c. < shortage of raw materials slowed production down to a walk > 10. a. < there are delightful walks in almost every direction from here > b. < the postmen's rounds are known as walks, though the postmen may use motor-vans or pedal cycles — W.D.Sharp > 11. < his walk is just like his father's > 12. a. < persons from every walk, including members of various royal families — New York Times > — used especially in the phrase walk of life < from all walks of life including even the nobility — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > b. (1) < distinguished figures in science, politics, and affairs, … and particularly in the walk of letters — Richard Gottheil > < had a duty to go into the higher walk of the House of Commons — H.J.Laski > (2) < whatever your walk of life — actor, journalist, musician, psychiatrist, politician — J.B.Boothroyd > 13. < a closer walk with God — William Cowper > 14. < the Spaniards left behind them well-established cacao walks … in Jamaica — A.E.Aspinall > 15. < a deliberate walk down the road to moral ruin — M.B.Ridgway > 16. 17. 18. 19. • - in a walk III. Britain IV. • - walk one through |
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