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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Stepping}.] [AS. st[ae]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D.
   stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe
   a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr.
   ? to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. {Stamp}, n.
   & a.]
   1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by
      raising and moving one of the feet to another resting
      place, or by moving both feet in succession.

   2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance;
      as, to step to one of the neighbors.

   3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

            Home the swain retreats, His flock before him
            stepping to the fold.                 --Thomson.

   4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.

            They are stepping almost three thousand years back
            into the remotest antiquity.          --Pope.

   {To step aside}, to walk a little distance from the rest; to
      retire from company.

   {To step forth}, to move or come forth.

   {To step} {in or into}.
      (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to
          advance suddenly in.

                Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the
                water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever
                disease he had.                   --John v. 4.
      (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the
          house.
      (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon
          easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate.

   {To step out}.
      (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity,
          of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches.
      (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time.

   {To step short} (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of
      the step according to the established rules.

Stepped \Stepped\, a.
   Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or
   parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key.

   {Stepped gear}, a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face
      in a series of steps.

资料来源 : WordNet®

step
     n 1: any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the
          situation called for strong measures"; "the police took
          steps to reduce crime" [syn: {measure}]
     2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces
        from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: {footstep}, {pace},
         {stride}]
     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" [syn: {stair}]
     5: relative position in a graded series; "always a step
        behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with
        the fashions" [syn: {gradation}]
     6: a short distance; "it's only a step to the drugstore" [syn:
        {stone's throw}]
     7: the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps
        on the porch" [syn: {footfall}, {footstep}]
     8: a musical interval of two semitones [syn: {tone}, {whole
        tone}, {whole step}]
     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" [syn: {footprint}, {footmark}]
     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" [syn: {dance step}]
     [also: {stepping}, {stepped}]

step
     v 1: shift or move by taking a step; "step back"
     2: put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush
        in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake" [syn:
        {tread}]
     3: cause (a computer) to execute a single command
     4: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always
        stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: {mistreat}, {maltreat},
         {abuse}, {ill-use}, {ill-treat}]
     5: furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the
        terrace"
     6: move with one's feet in a specific manner; "step lively"
     7: walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified
        manner; "step over to the blackboard"
     8: place (a ship's mast) in its step
     9: measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" [syn: {pace}]
     10: move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She
         stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his
         father's footsteps"
     [also: {stepping}, {stepped}]

stepped
     See {step}