lock-step 的詞源
lock-step(n.)
1802年,用於軍事寫作,用來描述一種非常緊密的集體行進方式,來自 lock(n.1)+ step(n.)。
Lock-step. A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with and closely follows the corresponding leg of the person directly before him. [Thomas Wilhelm, "Military Dictionary and Gazetteer," Philadelphia, 1881]
齊步走。一種由一羣人依次儘可能靠近地行進的方式,其中每個人的腿同時移動,並緊隨其前面的人的相應腿部移動。[托馬斯·威廉姆(Thomas Wilhelm),《軍事詞典和地名詞典》,費城,1881年]
1836年開始有比喻用法。
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lock-step 的趨勢
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