step

动作；声音movement/sound

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

步履way of walking

2.[c][ususing]步伐；步态the way that sb walks

距离distance

3.[c]一步（的距离）the distance that you cover when you take a step

系列；过程in series/process

4.[c]步骤；措施one of a series of things that you do in order to achieve sth

5.[c]步；阶段one of a series of things that sb does or that happen, which forms part of a process

台阶stair

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

健身运动exercise

8.[u]踏板操a type of exercise that you do by stepping on and off a raised piece of equipment

梯子ladder

9.[pl]折梯；梯子a stepladder

break step

走乱步伐to change the way you are walking so that you do not walk in the same rhythm as the people you are walking or marching with

fall into step (beside/with sb)

（和某人）合上步伐，步调一致起来to change the way you are walking so that you start walking in the same rhythm as the person you are walking with

in/out of step (with sb/sth)

（和某人）步伐一致（或不一致）；（和音乐）合拍（或不合拍）putting your feet on the ground in the right/wrong way, according to the rhythm of the music or the people you are moving with

mind/watch your step

走路小心to walk carefully

one step forward, two steps back

进一步，退两步used to say that every time you make progress, sth bad happens that means that the situation is worse than before

a/one step ahead (of sb/sth)

避开（某人或某事物）；领先（某人或某事物）一步when you areone step ahead of sb/sth, you manage to avoid them or to achieve sth more quickly than they do

a/one step at a time

一步一步；逐步；按部就班when you do sthone step at a time you do it slowly and gradually

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

step into the breach

临时顶替某人工作；临时顶缺to do sb's job or work when they are suddenly or unexpectedly unable to do it

step into sbs shoes

接替某人的工作to continue a job or the work that sb else has started

step on it

（尤用以要求加速驾驶）开快点儿，赶快used especially in orders to tell sb to drive faster

step on sbs toes

step out of line|be/get out of line

表现不好；不守规矩；越轨；出格to behave badly or break the rules

step up to the plate

开始行动，采取措施（以抓住机会或应对危机）to do what is necessary in order to benefit from an opportunity or deal with a crisis

1.踩,踏上 (on)

2.走;跨步

3.走上

4.跨入,踏进

5.跳舞,轻快地走,合着步调走

6.跨,踏,踏入;走(...步)

7.(用脚)步测(量) (out)

8.跳舞

9.使成梯阶,使成梯级状

10.【航】(将桅杆)竖立在桅座上

1.(脚)步

2.步骤,手段,措施,办法

3.一步;步调,步伐;发展,阶段

4.【机】轴瓦;级,档

5.梯级,阶磴儿,台阶踏板

6.阶层,等级,升级;梯子,楼梯

7.舞步;〈口〉跳舞

8.脚声;足迹

9.走路样子,步态

10.【船】桅座

11.【乐】音级;度

1.to move by putting one foot down in front of or behind the other

2.to move or walk a short distance

1.a short movement made by putting one foot in front of the other; the sound that your feet make while you are walking; the short distance that your feet move while you are walking

2.a particular movement or set of movements performed with your feet when you are dancing

3.the particular way that someone walks, that sometimes shows how they are feeling

4.one of a series of actions that you do in order to achieve a particular goal

5.a flat piece of wood or stone, usually one in a series, that you walk up or down in order to move to a different level

6.one of the stages in a process, or one of the levels on a scale

7.an amount equal to two half steps by which a musical note is higher or lower than another note

8.a type of exercise that you do by quickly moving onto and off a low piece of equipment