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单词 terra a terra
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terra a terran.adj.

Forms: Also 1600s terra terra, ( territerr).
Etymology: Italian terra terra level with the ground, influenced by corresponding French terre à terre , Spanish tierra á tierra : see also terre-à-terre adj. and adv.
Obsolete.
1. An artificial gait formerly taught to horses, resembling a low curvet.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > special movements performed by trained horse > [noun] > types of jump > curvet > series of
terra a terra1614
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Manege de terre à terre, a manage more low, and more quicke then the ordinarie gallop, or curuet.]
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 29 In this practise you teach him [the horse] perfectly three lessons together, that is the turne Terra Terra, the Incavalare, and the Chambetta.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 33 The most vsefull Aer as the Frenchmen terme it is Terreterra.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Terra a terra..is a Series of low Leaps made by the Horse forward, bearing Sideways, and working upon two Treads.
2. = terre-à-terre adj. and adv.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > low in style
broad1490
low1518
bawdy1519
comical?1565
foot1582
tavernly1612
mean1659
gruff1681
vulgar1716
terra a terra1728
pedestrian1805
unraised1817
terre-à-terre1888
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Terra, a terra,..is also apply'd to Dancers who cut no Capers, nor scarce quit the Ground. Hence it is also figuratively apply'd to Authors, whose Stile and Diction is low and creeping.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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