pace

/peis/

Thân thiện

He measured the room by taking ten long paces from one wall to the other.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A step taken in walking: The distance covered by a single step.
   • A unit of length: A linear measure equal to one step, often standardized as 3 feet or approximately 0.91 meters.
   • Speed or rate of movement: The speed at which someone walks, runs, or moves.
   • Rate of progress or activity: The speed or tempo at which something happens or develops.

2. Verb:

   • To walk with regular steps: To walk back and forth, especially in a steady, measured, or anxious manner.
   • To set or regulate the speed: To control the rate of progress or movement for oneself or others.
   • To measure by steps: To determine a distance by counting the number of steps taken while walking it.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • He took a few slow paces toward the door. (He walked a few slow steps toward the door.)
  • The field was about fifty paces across. (The field was about fifty steps in width.)
  • She couldn't keep up with his fast pace. (She couldn't match his speed of walking.)
  • The pace of technological change is rapid. (The speed of technological development is fast.)

• Verb:

  • He paced nervously in the waiting room. (He walked back and forth nervously in the waiting room.)
  • You need to pace yourself during the marathon. (You need to regulate your effort and speed during the marathon.)
  • She paced off the length of the garden. (She measured the length of the garden by walking and counting her steps.)

Advanced Usage

• "to set the pace": To establish the speed or standard that others try to match.

  • The leading runner set the pace for the rest of the field. (The leading runner established the speed for the other runners.)

• "to keep pace with": To move or progress at the same speed as someone or something else.

  • Wages are not keeping pace with inflation. (Salaries are not increasing at the same rate as inflation.)

• "at a snail's pace": Very slowly.

  • Traffic was moving at a snail's pace. (Traffic was moving extremely slowly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Pacer (n): A person or animal that sets the pace, especially a horse used for pacing in a race.

  • The pacer led the race for the first few laps.

• Pacemaker (n): 1. A person or animal that sets the pace in a race. 2. A medical device that regulates the heartbeat.

  • She had a pacemaker implanted to regulate her heart.

Synonyms

• Noun: Step, stride; Speed, rate, tempo; Gait.
• Verb: Walk, stride; Measure; Regulate.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Pace out/off: To measure a distance by walking it and counting steps.
  • The builder paced out the dimensions for the new shed. (The builder measured the area for the new shed by walking.)

Related Idioms

• "Put someone through their paces": To test someone's abilities or make them demonstrate their skills.

  • The audition really put the actors through their paces. (The audition thoroughly tested the actors' skills.)

• "Force the pace": To make an event or activity progress faster.

  • The home team tried to force the pace in the second half. (The home team tried to make the game progress more quickly in the second half.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
2. the rate of some repeating event
3. a step in walking or running
4. the relative speed of progress or change
   • he lived at a fast pace
   • he works at a great rate
   • the pace of events accelerated
5. the distance covered by a step
   • he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
6. the rate of moving (especially walking or running)

Verb

1. regulate or set the pace of
   • Pace your efforts
2. measure (distances) by pacing
   • step off ten yards
3. go at a pace
   • The horse paced
4. walk with slow or fast paces
   • He paced up and down the hall

Từ đồng nghĩa

• yard
• tempo
• stride
• tread
• rate
• footstep
• step
• gait