The director paced out the length of the stage.

【pace】那位导演步测了舞台的长度。

Or might John Landy, who had then gone to Finland to be given the perfect opportunities in pacing, would he do it first?

或者约翰·兰迪——当时已芬兰接受了美的步测机，首先这么做吗？

Distances were measured by repeatedly stretching a rope of a known length, or by professional pacers called " bematists" counting their strides.

距离是通反复拉伸已知长度的绳索，或由被称为“贝马斯特” 的专业步测员计算步数来测量的。