step
英 [step]
美[stɛp]
- n. 步，脚步；步骤；步伐；梯级
- vi. 踏，踩；走
- vt. 走，迈步
英英释意
- 1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;
- "the situation called for strong measures"
- "the police took steps to reduce crime"
- 2. the distance covered by a step;
- "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
- 3. the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down;
- "he walked with unsteady steps"
- 4. support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway;
- "he paused on the bottom step"
- 5. relative position in a graded series;
- "always a step behind"
- "subtle gradations in color"
- "keep in step with the fashions"
- 6. a short distance;
- "it's only a step to the drugstore"
- 7. the sound of a step of someone walking;
- "he heard footsteps on the porch"
- 8. a musical interval of two semitones
- 9. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface;
- "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
- 10. a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed
- 11. a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance;
- "he taught them the waltz step"
