Stride



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.大步行走
• ［英］ v.大步行走 ( to move with or as if with long steps)
• ［类］ quaff : sip / stride : mince ( 程度: 畅饮和啜饮 / 大步走和小步走)
• ［例］ He strode thirty miles. ( 他大步走了30英里)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (strode; stridden; striding)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English strīdan; akin to Middle Low German striden to straddle, Old High German strītan to quarrel
• Date: before 12th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to stand astride
  • 2. to move with or as if with long steps <strode across the room>
  • 3. to take a very long step
• transitive verb
  • 1. bestride, straddle
  • 2. to step over
  • 3. to move over or along with or as if with long measured steps <striding the boardwalk>
• ? strider noun

II. noun

• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a cycle of locomotor movements (as of a horse) completed when the feet regain the initial relative positions; also the distance traversed in a stride
  • b. the most effective natural pace ; maximum competence or capability — often used in the phrase hit one's stride
• 2. a long step
• 3. an act of striding
• 4. a stage of progress ; advance <made great strides toward their goal>
• 5. a manner of striding
• 6. stride piano

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