pace

英 [peɪs] 美 [peɪs]

• n. 速度；步伐；(一)步
• v. 踱步；(用步)测；(马)溜蹄走
• prep. 用在人名前(礼貌的表达不同意见)

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 用步子测量

   measure by taking paces

2. vt. & vi. 缓慢而行

   walk with slow or regular steps

n. (名词)

1. [S]步速; 计划进度

   rate or speed in walking, running, advance of a plan

2. [C]一步,步子

   a single step in running or walking

3. [S]溜蹄,步法

   a way that a horse walks or runs

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. （一）步，步子
2. （生长、进展等的）进度，速率，节奏
3. 步态，步法，侧对步
4. 流畅
5. 一步跨出去的长度
6. 常规，惯例
7. 赶超的榜样
8. 【建】梯台，楼梯转弯处的宽台

v. 动词

1. 用步子测
2. 为…定步速，调整...的速度或步调
3. 踱步于，踱方步，神经质地走来走去，行进
4. （马）走侧对步，（马）以侧对步跑过（一段路程）
5. 领先于，为...树立榜样
6. 与...同速前进
7. 训练（马）的步法
8. 走过（一段距离）

prep. 介词

1. （表示不同意见时的客气话）蒙...的恩准，怀着对...的敬意，请...原谅不同的看法

英英释义

Noun:

1. the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

2. the distance covered by a step;

   "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
   

3. the relative speed of progress or change;

   "he lived at a fast pace"
   "he works at a great rate"
   "the pace of events accelerated"
   

4. a step in walking or running

5. the rate of some repeating event

6. a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

Verb:

1. walk with slow or fast paces;

   "He paced up and down the hall"
   

2. go at a pace;

   "The horse paced"
   

3. measure (distances) by pacing;

   "step off ten yards"
   

4. regulate or set the pace of;

   "Pace your efforts"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She works so fast that I can't keep pace with her.
   她工作得很快，我跟不上她的速度。
2. When John found he was going to be late, he stepped up his pace.
   约翰发现要迟到了, 就加大步伐。
3. They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
   自信的步态骑士般孔武而自如。
4. The trot is a pace of the horse.
   快步是马行的一种步态。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The lion paced the floor of his cage restlessly.
   狮子烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。
2. He gets up,and begin to pace up and down the room.
   他起身并开始在房间里踱来踱去。
3. I pace the path and I know how long it is.
   我用步子量过这条路，我知道它有多长。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The old man was pacing leisurely.
   老人慢慢地踱着步子。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The lion paced the floor of its cage.
   那头狮子在笼子里走来走去。
2. She knew how fast she was running, because her trainer was pacing her on a bicycle.
   她知道她当时跑得多快,因为她的教练骑着脚踏车在为她定步速。
3. The speed of the machine may be regulated to pace the packing operation.
   机器的速度可调节到与包装速度同步。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I cannot walk at that pace.
   我不能以那种速度行走。
2. The work progressed at a slow pace.
   这项工作进展缓慢。
3. She finished only a few paces behind the winner.
   到达终点时,她仅比获胜者落后几步。
4. The natural paces of the horse include the walk, the trot and the gallop.
   马的自然溜蹄包括走步、小跑和飞奔。

经典引文

• She took a couple of paces backwards.

  出自： R. Dahl

• Sentinels paced the rounds day and night.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

• The camel paced briskly after the jeep.

  出自： R. Macaulay

• He..was pacing up and down his minute room.

  出自： J. I. M. Stewart

• Illustrations will be confined to..British poets, pace an immigrant..like Yeats.

  出自： D. Piper

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

pace about (v.+adv.)

踱来踱去 move restlessly about (a place)

pace along (v.+prep.)

沿…踱步 walk along (a path) or beside (a wall), restlessly or thoughtfully
pace along sth
He paced along the shore, deep in thought.

他沿着海滩走着,陷入了沉思。

pace around (v.+prep.)

围绕…踱来踱去 move restlessly about (a place)
pace around sth
The horse paced around the ring.

那匹马在跑马场的四周遛蹄。
She began to pace around the office.

她开始在办公室里踱方步。

pace in (v.+prep.)

在…走在前列 move in the front of sth
pace sth in sth/v-ing
Guangdong Province has paced the whole nation in the economical reform.

广东省在经济改革中走在了全国的前列。
She paces the whole class in studying English industriously.

她在刻苦学习英语上给全班同学作出了榜样。

pace off (v.+adv.)

以步子来测量 measure (part of a distance) by walking
pace sth ⇔ off
We paced off the distance and found it to be 60 yards.

我们用步量了这段距离,发现它有60码。
They paced it off twenty feet.

他们用步子测出20英尺的距离。

pace out (v.+adv.)

以步量出…的长度 measure a length (of distance or place)
pace sth ⇔ out
The policeman paced out the distance between the car and the post it collided with.

警察用脚步量出了汽车与被撞木桩之间的距离。
They paced out the length of the garden.

他们用步量出这个花园的长度。
I think the hall is 80 metres long; I'll pace it out.

我估计这大厅共有80米长; 我来步测一下。

pace up and down (v.+adv.)

走来走去 move restlessly about (a place)

用作名词 (n.)

keep pace (with)

并驾齐驱,齐头并进move forward, develop or increase at the same rate

put through sb's paces

测试某人的能力make sb do sth in order to show their abilities
put sb through sb's paces
The film director put the young actor through his paces.

电影导演测试了一下那位青年演员的演技。

set the pace

起带头作用run, walk, at a fast speed which others try to follow

show one's paces

显示自己的才能show one's abilities

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• pace the corridor 在走廊里踱来踱去
• pace the room 在房间里踱来踱去

～+副词

• pace angrily 气呼呼地踱步
• pace excitedly 激动得踱来踱去
• pace quickly 快步踱来踱去
• pace restlessly 焦虑地走来走去
• pace slowly 慢悠悠地踱步
• pace stormily 愤怒地踱步
• pace about 走来走去,来回踱步
• pace back and forth 来回地踱步
• pace off 步测出
• pace off a distance 用步子量出距离
• pace out 步测出
• pace out a room 用步子测出房间的大小
• pace to and fro 来回踱步
• pace up and down 踱来踱去

～+介词

• pace along the shore 沿岸边踱步
• pace sb at 15 miles an hour 以每小时15英里为某人定步速
• pace round sth 在…四处走动

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• change pace 改变速度
• increase pace 加快步速
• slacken the pace 放慢速度

形容词+～

• brisk pace 轻快的步伐
• fast pace 快速
• living pace 充满活力的步伐
• slack pace 慢腾腾的步伐
• even pace 均匀的速度

介词+～

• at pace 以某种步伐
• write with pace 流畅地写

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. pace用作名词的基本意思是“步子”,转化为动词意思是“用步子测量”“为…定步速”“缓慢而行”。引申可作“跑在…前面; 为…的标兵”解。
2. pace可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
3. pace后接副词off表示“用脚步量出一段距离”; 后接副词out表示“用脚步量出全部长度”。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

pace, step

• 这两个名词均可表示“步”。其区别是：
• step指脚步提起来放下去,强调动作,有轻重、长短和优美与否之分; 而pace指身体向前移动强调距离,有快慢和从容与否之分。例如:
• He was so tired that he was unable to take another step.他累得一步也走不动了。
• A little boy's pace is smaller than a man's pace.小孩的一步比大人的一步小。

speed，rate，velocity，pace

• 这些名词均含“速度、速率”之意。
• speed普通用词，指单位时间内行进的固定速度或速率，也指可能达到的最高速度。
• rate作“速度”讲时，与speed同义，可换用。作速率解时，指相对增长的速度，也指两种相比较而得出的标准速度。
• velocity技术用词，指物体沿着一定方向运动时的速率。
• pace普通用词，指步行的速度，常引申指活动的进度或生产率。

step，pace

• 这两个名词均含“步，步态”之意。
• step普通用词，指脚抬起落下的动作和一步的距离。抽象概念指步骤。
• pace指身体向前移动的速度和情况。表一步距离时，可与step换用。

walk，stride，stroll，strut，pace，step

• 这些动词均有“行走，徒步”之意。
• walk最常用词，中性词，指除跑、跳之外所有移步的动作。
• stride着重步子大而且节奏有力，流露出匆忙、烦恼、得意等情绪。
• stroll多指走走停停，步子缓慢，悠闲自得，漫无目的。
• strut指大摇大摆地走，含过分自信或自高自大意味。
• pace指踱步，走步。
• step多用来指“短步，台步或急步”。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的pas；最初源自古典拉丁语的passus，意为一步。

近反义词

【近义词】

• speed
• step