kick-step

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.
  2. A hiking technique for managing loose soil where the hiker first aggressively kicks the ground, digging a foothold, before shifting weight onto the foot.
    — The kick-step she'd used to make steps out of the play area, was necessary to keep from sliding while walking across a slope.
动词 v.
  1. To dance using a kick-step.
    — 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.
  2. To hike using a kick-step.

词形变化

kick-steps plural kick-steps present,singular,third-person kick-stepping participle,present kick-stepped participle,past kick-stepped past

词源

词源 1
From kick + step.
词源 2
From kick + step.
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