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step in

/step-in/US // ˈstɛpˌɪn //

迈进,迈入,迈步进入,迈向

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : put on by being stepped into.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
    • : any step-in garment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.

  • Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

  • But Brooke was out of step with the New Left and its notion of radical chic.

  • In the 21st century women are earning their equality every step of the way… including the bedroom.

  • Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.

  • Sol got up, slowly; took a backward step into the yard; filled his lungs, opened his mouth, made his eyes round.

  • She was growing a little stout, but it did not seem to detract an iota from the grace of every step, pose, gesture.

  • The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.