Canter
['kæntə] or ['kæntɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop.
(verb.) ride at a canter; 'The men cantered away'.
(verb.) ride at a cantering pace; 'He cantered the horse across the meadow'.
(verb.) go at a canter, of horses.
艾伯特整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
(n.) A rapid or easy passing over.
(v. i.) To move in a canter.
(v. t.) To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
(n.) One who cants or whines; a beggar.
(n.) One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
布兰得利整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Hypocrite, Pharisee.[2]. Easy gallop, gentle gallop.
v. n. Gallop gently.
阿纳托尔校對
解釋/意思:
n. an easy gallop.—v.i. to move at an easy gallop.—v.t. to make to canter.
克莱奥校對
例句/造句/用法:
- I say a horse at a canter coming up, Joe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- You could give 'em the whole outfit and win at a canter! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Come, Polly, will you have a canter? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It was not a trot, a gallop, or a canter, but a stampede, and made up of all possible or conceivable gaits. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- That was plainly to be seen, for Ma was talking then at her usual canter, with arched head and mane, opened eyes and nostrils. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She would canter up to the door on her pony, followed by a mounted livery servant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The donkey-boys were lively young Egyptian rascals who could follow a donkey and keep him in a canter half a day without tiring. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- And Henrique cantered down the walk after Eva. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He cried when he cantered. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- So we mounted the horses and rode grimly on toward Magdala, cantering along in the edge of the water for want of the means of passing over it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- If you set him cantering, he goes on like twenty sawyers. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I saw you on Saturday cantering over the hill on a nag not worthy of you. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- True; which, however, is no guarantee that she is not at this moment cantering over Rushedge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Other horses, ridden by other small boys, arrive from time to time, awaiting their masters, who will come cantering on anon. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Only that it is a remarkable cow which walks, canters, and gallops. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
整理:华莱士