two-step

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.
    — Square dances were the feature of the evening, but waltzes, two-steps, and a Dan Tucker were also very popular.
  2. A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.
  3. A piece of music for this dance.
动词 v.
  1. To dance the two-step. intransitive
  2. To move around as if dancing a two-step. figuratively
    — 2024, Paul Salopek, New Map: Ancient Roads of China, National Geographichttps://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-07-new-map-ancient-roads-china Pacing off on average 25 kilometers a day, month after month, we two-stepped around roaring superhighways, under bullet-train bridges, through megacities of 22 million that took a week to traverse, as well as past dams, mines, airports, and industrial parks—a buzzing tableau you’d expect from China’s reputation as the “factory of the world.”
形容词 adj.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see two, step. not-comparable
    — Films corrupted by blotches are often restored in a two-step approach.

词形变化

two-steps plural two-steps present,singular,third-person two-stepping participle,present two-stepped participle,past two-stepped past
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