의미: absolute space

ábsolute spáce【물리】 절대 공간 《상대 운동에 따른 보정항(補正項) 등이 필요없는 공간》

pace 관용구

keep pace

go as fast, go at the same rate It was difficult to keep pace with the other students but somehow I managed.

pick up the pace

go a little faster, step on it We're walking rather slowly. Can we pick up the pace?

set the pace

decide on a rate of speed to do something that others will follow The manager of our section sets the pace for the employees under him.

spaced out

feeling strange or unreal, stoned After falling, Jeff was spaced out. He looked dazed and limp.

cyberspace

the imaginary place that exists between computers and their users, particularly on the Internet and in virtual reality. The term was coined by the author William Gibson in the book Neuromancer

keep pace with

maintain the same rate or speed as；not get behind与…并驾齐驱；不落后
I can't keep pace with her in mathematics．在数学上我比不过她。
We must keep pace with the times．我们必须跟上时代的步伐。
When we go for a walk，John has to take long steps to keep pace with us．当我们出去散步时，约翰必须迈大步才能跟上我们。
His mental development kept pace with the growth of his body．他的智力发展和他的体格发育齐头并进。

pace off

measure by paces or strides步测
If you want to know how far it is from the school to the post office，just pace it off．如果想知道从学校到邮局的距离，你步测一下就行了。
The engineer asked his assistant to pace out 40 metres．工程师叫助手用脚步测出40米来。

pace off/out

pace out

space out

place things apart from one another按一定间隔安排
Their four children were spaced out two years apart．他们家4个孩子之间都相差两岁。
The foresters spaced the seedlings out in rows．林务员把树苗一行行等距栽种。
Can I space out payments over five months？我可以分5个月偿还货款吗？

take up space

Idiom(s): take up space AND take up room

Theme: SPACE

to fill or occupy space. (Note the variations in the examples.)
• The piano is taking up too much room in our living room.
• John, you're not being any help at all. You're just taking up space.

spaced-out

Idiom(s): spaced-out

Theme: SILLINESS

dopey; giddy. (Slang.)
• I don't see how Sally can accomplish anything. She's so spaced-out!
• She's not really spaced-out. She acts that way on purpose.

put sth through its paces

Idiom(s): put sth through its paces

Theme: PERFORMANCE

to demonstrate how well something operates; to demonstrate all the things something can do.
• I was down by the barn, watching Sally put her horse through its paces.
• This is an excellent can opener. Watch me put it through its paces.

put one through one's paces

Idiom(s): put one through one's paces

Theme: WORK

to make one demonstrate what one can do; to make one do one's job thoroughly.
• The boss really put me through my paces today. I'm tired.
• I tried out for a part in the play, and the director really put me through my paces.

at a snail's pace

Idiom(s): at a snail's pace

Theme: SPEED

very slowly.
• When you watch a clock, time seems to move at a snail's pace.
• You always eat at a snail's pace. I'm tired of waiting for you.

Gather pace

If events gather pace, they move faster.

change of pace|change|pace

n. phr. A quick change in what you are doing. John studied for three hours and then read a comic book for a change of pace. The doctor told the man he needed a change of pace.

keep pace|keep|pace

v. phr. To go as fast; go at the same rate; not get behind. When they go for a walk, Johnny has to take long steps to keep pace with his father. When Billy was moved to a more advanced class, he had to work hard to keep pace.
Compare: KEEP UP(2a).

outer space|outer|space

n. What is outside of the earth's air. An astronaut cannot live without oxygen when he goes into outer space.

pace-setter|pace|setter

n. John is the pace-setter of the class. -

pace-setting|pace|setting

adj. Bob's time in the cross-country race was pace-setting. The country is growing at a pace-setting rate.

put one through one's paces|paces|put

v. phr. To train and discipline someone; test one's abilities. The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant.

put through one's paces|paces|put|put through

v. phr., informal To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. He put his new car through its paces. Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first months of his term.

set the pace|pace|set

v. phr. To decide on a rate of speed of travel or rules that are followed by others. The scoutmaster set the pace so that the shorter boys would not get tired trying to keep up. Louise set the pace in selling tickets for the school play. -

snail's pace|pace|snail

n. A very slow movement forward. Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays. The donkey on which he was riding moved at a snail's pace.

space probe|probe|space

n., Space English An unmanned spacecraft other than an Earth satellite fitted with instruments which gather and transmit information about other planets in the solar system (e.g., Venus, Mars, and Jupiter) on what are called fly-by missions, i.e., without the craft landing on any of these bodies. Both the U.S.A. and Russia have sent up many a space probe in the past decade.

breathing space

breathing space
1) Room or time in which to breathe, as in In that crowded hall, there was hardly any breathing space. Previously this term was put as breathing room. [Mid-1600s]
2) A rest or pause. For example, I can't work at this all day; I need some breathing space. This usage replaced the earlier breathing while. [Mid-1600s]

change of pace

change of pace
A shift in normal routine, a variation in usual activities or pattern, as in She's smiling in that one photo, just for a change of pace, or After six hours at my desk I need a change of pace, so I'm going for a swim. This term originated in a number of sports where strategy can involve altering the speed of, for example, a pitched or struck ball or a horse's gait. By the mid-1900s it was being transferred to other enterprises.

pace

pace
see change of pace; keep pace; put someone through his or her paces; set the pace; snail's pace.

put someone through his or her paces

put someone through his or her paces
Test thoroughly to see what someone can do, as in We put the new programmer though her paces, and she passed with flying colors. The idiom can refer to things as well, as in When we put the electrical system through its paces, we blew a fuse. The expression alludes to testing a horse's ability in the various paces (trot, canter, and gallop). Its use referring to horses dates from the late 1700s; its figurative use was first recorded in 1871.

snail's pace

snail's pace
A very slow pace, as in They're making progress with testing the new vaccine, but at a snail's pace. [c. 1400]

space

space
In addition to the idiom beginning with space, also see breathing space; take up space.

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