canter

['kæntə]

v.(使)马慢跑
n.(马)慢跑

例句与用法:

A natural three-beat gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.

疾驰,飞奔马的自然的三步跑法,比慢跑快,在每次迈步时马的四蹄都同时离开地面

We cantered our horses for several miles.

我们骑着马慢跑了几英里。

词形变化:

动词过去式: cantered | 动词过去分词: cantered | 动词现在分词: cantering | 动词第三人称单数: canters |

详细释义:

n.

1. (马的)慢跑(介于gallop与trot之间)[S]

He slowed his horse to a canter.

他放慢马速使之慢跑。

We set off at a canter.

我们驱马慢跑开始上路。

2. 慢跑马的脚步声[U]

vi.

(马)慢跑

The horse cantered along the sandy path.

那匹马沿着沙路慢跑。

vt.

策(马)慢跑

She cantered her horse down the street.

她策马慢跑沿大街而去。