/mɑ:tʃ; mɑrtʃ/
v
1 (a) [I, Ipr, Ip] walk as soldiers do, with regular steps of equal length 齐步走; 行进; 前进
*Quick march! ie a military command to start marching 快步走!
* Demonstrators marched through the streets. 示威者在街道中行进.
* They marched in and took over the town. 他们进占了这一市镇.
* march by, past, in, out, off, away, etc 走经、走过、开进、出发、离开、开走
* The army has marched thirty miles today.部队今天已行军三十英里.
(b) [I, Ipr, Ip] walk purposefully and determinedly （含有某目的和决心）走
*She marched in and demanded an apology. 她毅然地走进来要求向她道歉.
(c) [Tn.pr, Tn.p] cause (sb) to march 使（某人）行进
*march the troops up and down 让部队来回练习走步
* They marched the prisoner away. 他们令监犯齐步走.
* She was marched into a cell. 她被押进一间囚室.
2 (idm 习语) get one's marching orders; give sb his marching orders (infml or joc 口或谑) be told/tell sb to go; be dismissed/dismiss sb 被通知[告诉某人]离去; 被解雇[解雇某人]
*She was totally unreliable, so she got/was given her marching orders. 她完全不可靠, 所以给解雇了.
3 (phr v) march past (sb) (of troops) march ceremonially past (an honoured guest, a high-ranking officer, etc), eg in a parade （指部队）作分列式在（贵宾、首长等）面前经过（如受检阅）.

/mɑ:tʃ; mɑrtʃ/
n
1 (a) [C] action of marching 行军; 行进
*a long, an arduous, etc march 长途行军、艰难的行进
* a ten-mile march 十英里行军.
(b) [sing] progress when marching; advance 前进; 进军
*their steady march towards the enemy 他们稳步向敌人进逼
* the line of march, ie route followed by troops when marching （部队的）进军路线.
2 [C] procession from one place to another by many people, esp as a protest 游行; （尤指）示威游行
*a peace march 为争取和平的游行
* an anti-nuclear (weapons) march 反核（武器）游行. Cf 参看 demonstration 3.
3 [C] piece of music written for marching to 进行曲
*military marches 军队进行曲
* a dead march, ie a slow one for a funeral 葬礼进行曲
* [attrib 作定语] a march tune 进行曲调
* in march tempo 以进行曲速度.
4 [sing] the ~ of sth the steady development or onward movement of sth 稳定的发展或前进
*the march of progress/events/time 进步的过程[事件的发展/时间的推移].
5 (idm 习语) on the march marching 行进; 行军
*The enemy are on the march at last. 敌人终于出动了. steal a march => steal.

March
n [U and C]written abbreviationMar.
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin martius, from martius 'of Mars, god of war']
the third month of the year, between February and April
next/last March
　She started work here last March.
in March
　The theatre opened in March 2001.
on March 6th
　There's a meeting on March 6th.
on 6th MarchBrE
　I wrote to my bank on 6th March.
March 6AmE
　The hospital is scheduled to open March 6.