| 单词 | gallop |
| 释义 | gallop (gæləp ) Word forms: gallops , galloping , galloped 1. verb When a horse gallops, it runs very fast so that all four legs are off the ground at the same time. If you gallop a horse, you make it gallop. The horses galloped away. [VERB adverb/preposition] Staff officers galloped fine horses down the road. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: run, race, shoot, career 2. verb If you gallop, you ride a horse that is galloping. Major Winston galloped into the distance. [VERB preposition/adverb] 3. singular noun A gallop is a ride on a horse that is galloping. I was forced to attempt a gallop. 4. verb If something such as a process gallops, it develops very quickly and is often difficult to control. In spite of the recession, profits have galloped ahead. [VERB adverb] ...galloping inflation. [VERB-ing] 5. verb If you gallop, you run somewhere very quickly. They are galloping around the garden playing football. [VERB preposition] Synonyms: dash, run, race, shoot 6. at a gallop phrase If you do something at a gallop, you do it very quickly. I read the book at a gallop. Synonyms: swiftly, fast, quickly, rapidly Collocations: galloping horse Before trains, cars and aircraft the fastest vehicle was a galloping horse. Times, Sunday Times (2009) To win a Festival race you need a strong galloping horse who can jump well. The Sun (2009) They say the tide in the bay comes in faster than a galloping horse. Times, Sunday Times (2006) An inbound courier flashed past them, galloping horse lathered and blowing. THE CURSE OF CHALION (2001) Translations: Chinese: 疾驰, 飞驰 Japanese: ギャロップ, ギャロップで走る |
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