It's not like you can you can just pace off the distance.

是你可以用步量来计算的距离。

Those two chairs are the old man's bed. I just paced off 12 feet.

请把那张椅子拿过来给我。

Let's say the chair is the old man's bed. I'm going to pace off 12 feet.

我们假设把椅子就是那个老头的床，我要用步子量出12英尺。

While you're gone I'll pace off the distance marked on the paper with my pocket compass here.

你走后，我会利用迷你指南针，用步子量一量纸上的数据。

A fire was burning under a pollard thorn a few paces off, over which three kettles hung in a row.

几步之外，一棵截去树梢的山楂树下面正烧着火，火上一排挂了三个水壶。

There's a legend that he paid someone to pace off the distance between the two cities so he could find the distance between them.

有传说称他人测量了两个城市之间的距离，样他就“测出了”它们之间的距离。

He paced off the size of it on the ground, then with his spade he dug a shallow little hollow along two sides of that space.

他在地上踱步离开它的大小，然后用铁锹沿着那个空间的两侧挖了一个浅浅的小坑。

She moved automatically towards her uncle's chair against the writing-table, and Will, after drawing it out a little for her, went a few paces off and stood opposite to her.

她自觉地走向她叔叔靠着写字台的椅子，威尔替她把椅子拉开一点，然后走开几步，站在她对面。