1.[c]迈步；脚步声the act of lifting your foot and putting it down in order to walk or move somewhere; the sound this makes
a baby's first steps婴儿学步
He took a step towards the door.他朝门口迈了一步。
We heard steps outside.我们听见外面有脚步声。
2.[c][ususing]步伐；步态the way that sb walks
He walked with a quick light step.他迈着轻快的步子走着。
3.[c]一步（的距离）the distance that you cover when you take a step
It's only a few steps further.再走几步就到了。
He turned around and retraced his steps(= went back the way he had come) .他转身原路往回走。
She moved a step closer to me.她朝我靠近一步。
The hotel is only a short step from the beach.旅馆离海滩只有几步路。
4.[c]步骤；措施one of a series of things that you do in order to achieve sth
This was a first step towards a united Europe.这是向建立统一欧洲的目标迈出的第一步。
It's a big step giving up your job and moving halfway across the world.你放弃工作搬到地球的另一端，可真不简单。
We are taking steps to prevent pollution.我们正在采取措施防止污染。
This won't solve the problem but it's a step in the right direction .这虽不能解决问题，却是朝正确方向迈出的一步。
The new drug is a major step forward in the treatment of the disease.发现这种新药是治疗这一疾病的重大进展。
5.[c]步；阶段one of a series of things that sb does or that happen, which forms part of a process
Having completed the first stage, you can move on to step 2.第一阶段完成后，你就可以接着进行第二步了。
I'd like to take this idea a step further .我想把这一思想深化一步。
This was a big step up(= to a better position) in his career.这是他在事业上向前迈出的一大步。
I'll explain it to you step by step .我来一步一步地给你解释。
a step-by-step guide to building your own home自建房舍的分步骤指导手册
6.[c]台阶；梯级a surface that you put your foot on in order to walk to a higher or lower level, especially one of a series
She was sitting on the bottom step of the staircase.她正坐在最下面一级楼梯上。
We walked down some stone steps to the beach.我们走下几级石阶，来到海滩上。
A short flight of steps led up to the door.上几磴台阶就到了门口。
7.[c][usupl]舞步a series of movements that you make with your feet and which form a dance
8.[u]踏板操a type of exercise that you do by stepping on and off a raised piece of equipment
step aerobics有氧踏板操
a step class踏板操训练班
9.[pl]折梯；梯子a stepladder
a pair of steps一架折梯
We need the steps to get into the attic.我们得踩着梯子才能爬到阁楼上去。
10.[c]音级；度the interval between two notes that are next to each other in a scale
He caught her up and fell into step beside her.他赶上她，跟着她的步子往前走。
He caught her up and fell into step beside her.他赶上她，跟着她的步子往前走。
She was out of step with her colleagues.她和同事们想法不一样。
She was out of step with her colleagues.她和同事们想法不一样。
1.[i]+ adv./prep.迈步；踩；踏；行走to lift your foot and move it in a particular direction or put it on or in sth; to move a short distance
to step onto/off a bus上╱下公共汽车
I stepped forward when my name was called out.我听见叫我名字时向前迈了一步。
She stepped aside to let them pass.她闪到一边让他们过去。
We stepped carefully over the broken glass.我们小心翼翼地从碎玻璃上走了过去。
I turned around quickly and stepped on his toes.我一个急转身，踩到了他的脚上。
Going into the hotel is like stepping back in time.走进这家旅馆就像是回到了过去。
It's important for world leaders to step up to the plate and honor their commitments on global warming.对世界领导人来说，重要的是开始行动，兑现他们在全球变暖问题上的承诺。
It's important for world leaders to step up to the plate and honor their commitments on global warming.对世界领导人来说，重要的是开始行动，兑现他们在全球变暖问题上的承诺。
The boy stepped aside, and the horse, as if it knew what it had to do, started at a brisk pace down the lane towards the principal street.
男童一边阶梯、马，好像它知道它必须做的，开始非常急速下跌的主街往地里。
Very quickly Jack stepped to the side of the road, lay down in the ditch, and began to look very intently up into the sky.
杰克很快走到路边儿，躺在沟里，聚精会神地朝天上看。
In one instance, an eight-year-old male with a stick stepped out of his mother's nest, built a smaller nest and laid his stick in it.
一项事例表明，一个八岁大的公猩猩会带着一个棍棒逐渐离开他母亲的庇护所，建立起一个小窝并把他的棍棒放在里面。
The stepped cast-iron guideway is often adopted in heavy machine tool.
阶梯式铸铁导轨是重型机床常采用的导轨形式。
Once they were on, she had to go out on deck, and a minute later she opened the door at the top of the companionway and stepped out.
一旦把皮衣穿到身上，她就不得不到外面的甲板上去了。于是，一分钟后，她打开扶梯顶上的门，走了出去。
Just as she turned to ship away among the trees, a figure stepped out from the woods.
正当她转弯溜进树林，树丛中冒出一个人。
He stepped back, and began to circle, casually, as if he were trying to get a better view of a statue in a museum.
他退回去，开始警惕地围着我绕圈，就好像他是在试图给博物馆的一尊雕像取一个更好的镜头一样。
Meanwhile, the U. S. has stepped up in the unilateral deployment of missile defense systems in Europe.
与此同时，美国却在欧洲单方面加紧部署反导系统。
Of course, I knew the moment you stepped|off the train what you were looking for. . .
当然了打你们下火车的那一刻|我就知道你们在寻找什么…
The lattice was open, and, as he stepped out, I heard Cathy inquiring of her unsociable attendant, what was that inscription over the door?
窗子开着，当他走出去时，我听见凯蒂正问她那个不善交际的侍从，门上刻的是什么？
"You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to our life, " she said.
“你知道，杰克，自从你父亲过世之后，贝尔舍先生便走进我们的生活，”她说。
Has Hyundai stepped up to the plate and hit a solid, or is it a swing and a miss?
现代加紧了对钢板和击中了坚实的，或者是一个回旋和怀念？
He flattened his palm against the door lock, then grabbed a cookie despite his best efforts not to and stepped into the recreation room.
博兹手掌平展，抵着门锁，然后尽管他尽了最大努力来阻止自己，却还是抓起一块小甜饼，跨进了娱乐室。
" The little Klaus stepped on the bag again, and said, " He said there is one devil with the appearance of a priest in that box.
小克劳斯又把脚踩在口袋上，说“他说有个牧师摸样的恶魔在那个箱子里。”
People wanted to see his best the moment he stepped back on to the field after the World Cup, but I said he needed games, he needed time.
大家都希望看到世界杯后托雷斯能立即回到巅峰状态，而我说过，他需要多打比赛，他还需要时间。
Look what he did with it. He stepped up to the plate and hit one out of the park.
让我们看看他是如何搞定的，他进了本垒板，把球击出了球场。
He stepped forward, and called him by name, and touched his shoulder; but he would not move, so he took the candle and looked at him.
他走上前去，叫唤主人，碰碰他的肩膀，可是他不动，于是，他拿支蜡烛看他。
When suddenly a number of soldiers and gentlemen appeared at the great door opening into the yard, they quickly stepped aside into a shed.
突然看到许多大兵和先生们出现在通向院子的大门口时，她们连忙闪在一边，跨进一间堆房里去。
There was a little grey in the sky, now; so I stepped into the woods and lay down for a nap before breakfast.
这时候，天空已经有点发白，我走到树林里躺下，想在吃早饭之前先睡一下。
But if he stepped aside, as gentlemanly conduct arguably required, he would lose credit for a theory that he had independently propounded.
但如果他要成全自己的君子行为，他将失去一个创立独立的机会。
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