• n. 大步；步幅；進(jìn)展
• vt. 跨過；大踏步走過；跨坐在…
• vi. 跨；跨過；大步行走

來自古英語 stridan,跨坐，上馬，來自 Proto-Germanic*stridanan,斗爭(zhēng)，爭(zhēng)斗，詞源同 strife,strive. 可能來自 PIE*ster,展開，鋪開，伸展，詞源同 strew,structure,strand.該詞在其大多數(shù)日耳曼同 源詞中都保留原義斗爭(zhēng)，爭(zhēng)斗，吵架，爭(zhēng)吵，在英語中引申詞義大步走，闊步走可能是取其 奮勇向前之意。

stride

stride: [OE] Stride comes from a prehistoric Germanic base *strīd-, whose other descendants (German streiten and Dutch strijden ‘quarrel’, Swedish and Danish strid ‘strife, affliction’) suggest a basic underlying meaning ‘severity, great effort’. There may also be a link with English strife and strive. Straddle [16] comes from a variant of the same base. The use of the plural noun strides for ‘trousers’ dates from the late 19th century.
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stride (v.)

Old English stridan (past tense strad, past participle striden), "to straddle, mount" (a horse), from Proto-Germanic *stridanan (cognates: Middle Low German strede "stride, strive;" Old Saxon stridian, Danish stride, Swedish strida "to fight," Dutch stridjen, Old High German stritan, German etreiten "to fight, contend, struggle," Old Norse strier "strong, hard, stubborn, severe").

The sense connection in the various Germanic forms is perhaps "strive, make a strong effort;" the senses having to do with walking and standing are found only in English and Low German. Meaning "to walk with long or extended steps" is from c. 1200. Cognate words in most Germanic languages mean "to fight, struggle;" the notion behind the English usage might be the effort involved in making long strides, striving forward.

stride (n.)

"a step in walking," especially a long one, from Old English stride "a stride, a step," from the root of stride (v.). Compare Dutch strijd, Old High German strit, German Streit "fight, contention, combat," Swedish and Danish strid "combat, contention." From c. 1300 as a measure of distance roughly the length of a stride. Figurative meaning "advance rapidly, make progress" is from c. 1600. Of animals (especially horses) from early 17c. To take (something) in stride (1832), i.e. "without change of gait," originally is of horses leaping hedges in the hunting-field; figurative sense attested from 1902. To hit (one's) stride is from horse-racing. Jazz music stride tempo is attested from 1938. Meaning "a standing with the legs apart, a straddle" is from 1590s.

1. He's still learning and when he hits his stride, he'll be unstoppable.

他仍舊處在學(xué)習(xí)階段，一旦駕輕就熟后將勢(shì)不可擋。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Beth was struck by how Naomi took the mistake in her stride.

娜奧米在失誤面前表現(xiàn)得處亂不驚，給貝絲留下了深刻印象。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He lengthened his stride to keep up with her.

他邁大步追上她。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The campaign is just getting into its stride.

運(yùn)動(dòng)剛開始有點(diǎn)起色。

來自柯林斯例句

5. In a big stride he came out of the room.

他一個(gè)箭步出了房間.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》