English Dictionary

slow march

noun

(sometimes military) A controlled walking pace in a deliberate, steady, rhythmic manner. / (music) A march with a relatively slow tempo.

The soldiers performed a slow march during the parade.

意味（1）

(sometimes military) A controlled walking pace in a deliberate, steady, rhythmic manner.

[T]he Rector emerged erect as a cane, from his garden, and proceeded in slow march, his hands behind him, down the cemetery.

意味（2）

(music) A march with a relatively slow tempo.

Germany's newest song hit was hummed in streetcars, in movie theaters and at political meetings. . . . Its slow march tune was catchy, and its lyrics fitted Berlin's melancholy mood.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, by extension) A progression or unfolding of events which occurs in an unhurried, steady, deliberate manner.

[S]ome spirits, more audacious than the rest, became restive under the slow march of events.