单词 | pace |
释义 | pace /peis; pes/ n [C] 1 (distance covered by the foot in a) single step in walking or running. (走或跑的)一步; 一步的距离。 2 rate of walking or running, or (fig) progress. 走或跑的速度; (喻)进步的速度。 go at a good ~, go fast. 快速地行走。 go the ~, a go at great speed. 飞快地行进。 b (fig) spend money freely (esp on pleasure or in dissipated ways). (喻)随便花钱(尤指花在享乐或放荡方面)。 keep ~ (with sb/sth), (lit or fig) go forward at the same rate: (字面或喻)同速前进; (与某人)并驾齐驱: He finds it hard to keep ~ with all the developments in nuclear physics. 他发现要赶上核子物理学上所有的发展很难。 set the ~ (for sb), set a speed for sb. 定速面(让某人随从)。 '~-maker n a (also 亦作 '~-setter) rider, runner, etc who sets the ~ for another in a race. 竞赛时为别人定步调的人; 带步人。 b electronic device (with radioactive core) to correct weak or irregular heart beats. 电子心脏定调器(用以纠正微弱或不规则之心跳)。 3 (esp of horses) way of walking, running, etc. (X 指马的)步态涉法。 put s person through his ~s, test his abilities, etc. 试验某人之本领等。 vi, vt 1 [VP2A, C] walk with slow or regular steps: 缓慢而行; 以规律的步伐行走; 踱:~ and down; 来回走动; (of a horse) amble; go at an easy, unhurried ~. (指马)溜蹄; 缓驰。 2 [VP6A] move across in this way: 以缓慢或规律的步伐走过: ~ a room, 在房间里踱来踱去; pacing the station platform. L 火车站月台上戚着。 3 [VP15B] ~ sth off/out, measure it by taking ~s: 以是步测量: ~ off a distance of 30 metres; 用走务测出三十公尺的距离; ~ out a room. 用走步测一房间之大小。 4 [VP6A] set the ~ for (a rider or runner in a race). 为(骑士或赛跑者)定步调; 定步速。 |
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