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lock-step的词源解释,lock-step来源

lock-step(n.)

1802年,用于军事写作,用来描述一种非常紧密的集体行进方式,来自 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]
齐步走。一种由一群人依次尽可能靠近地行进的方式,其中每个人的腿同时移动,并紧随其前面的人的相应腿部移动。[托马斯·威廉姆(Thomas Wilhelm),《军事词典和地名词典》,费城,1881年]

1836年开始有比喻用法。

该词起源时间:1802年