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step-off

/step-awf, -of/US // ˈstɛpˌɔf, -ˌɒf //

阶梯式,阶梯式的,跨越式,阶梯型

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an abrupt drop, as from a shoreline into deep water.

Examples

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

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

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

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

  • 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.