| 释义 |
loppet, v. dial.|ˈlɒpɪt|
[Onomatopœic extension of lop v.2]
intr. To move or run with a heavy gait. Usually of an animal, as a hare or rabbit, rarely of a person. Hence ˈloppeting vbl. n.
1864C. Bryant in Buckland Log-bk. (1875) 320 They [seals] travel by lifting themselves from the ground on their fore⁓legs, and hitching the body after them with kind of side⁓ways loppeting gallop. 1888Berksh. Gloss., Loppettin', walking with an ungainly movement and heavy tread. |