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語源

From lock +‎ step.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈlɒkstɛp/

名詞

lockstep (usually uncountable, plural locksteps)

1. (military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.
2. (figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.
   • 2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, page xv:

     The CIA's analysts learned to march in lockstep, conforming to conventional wisdom.

3. An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.

形容詞

lockstep (not comparable)

1. In close connection, in unison, synchronized.
   • 1983 February 5, Marc Killinger, “Universities Reinstate Military Recruiters”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 3:

     With both official university policies lock-step in favor of military recruitment, the next move is up to the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.

アナグラム

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