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词汇 goosestep
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goosestep. The military goosestep is in modern times most associated with German troops during World War II and has unpleasant connotations, to say the least. However, the “ele- mentary drill in which the recruit is taught to balance his body on either leg alternately, and swing the other backwards and forwards” dates back to the end of the 18th century. Ap- parently there were many who didn’t much like it then, hence the contemptuous name goosestep. Wrote an observer in 1806: “The balance or goose-step introduced for this practice excites a fever of disgust.” By 1900 goosestep came to mean the slow, stiff-legged march step now associated with the Nazis.
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