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单词 gallop
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gallop

(gæləp)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense gallops, present participle galloping, past tense, past participle galloped
1. verb
When a horse gallops, it runs very fast so that all four legs are off the ground at the same time. Ifyou 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 More Synonyms of gallop
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]
[Also VERB noun]
Synonyms: dash, run, race, shoot More Synonyms of gallop
6. 
See at a gallop
More Synonyms of gallop

gallop in British English

(ˈɡæləp)
verbWord forms: -lops, -loping or -loped
1. (intransitive)
(of a horse or other quadruped) to run fast with a two-beat stride in which all four legs are off the ground at once
2. 
to ride (a horse, etc) at a gallop
3. (intransitive)
to move, read, talk, etc, rapidly; hurry
noun
4. 
the fast two-beat gait of horses and other quadrupeds
5. 
an instance of galloping
Derived forms
galloper (ˈgalloper)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Old French galoper, of uncertain origin

gallop in American English

(ˈgæləp)
verb intransitive
1. 
to go at a gallop
2. 
to move, progress, or act very fast; hurry
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to gallop
noun
4. 
the fastest gait of a horse or other animal, consisting of a succession of leaping strides with all the feet off the ground at one time
5. 
a ride on a galloping animal
6. 
any fast pace, speedy action, or rapid progression
Derived forms
galloper (ˈgalloper)
noun
galloping (ˈgalloping)
adjective
Word origin
ME galopen < OFr galoper < Frank *walahlaupan, to run well < *wala, akin to well2 + *hlaupan, to run, akin to leap

Examples of 'gallop' in a sentence
gallop

He had been in great form but they were going a right good gallop.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's the same as me galloping on a horse on a beach.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
While our endowment has spluttered and underperformed, the value of the house galloped ahead.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He benefitted from a strong pace to win at Newbury and he should get another fast early gallop today.
The Sun (2016)
We should get a proper good gallop and, if we do, he will be very hard to beat.
The Sun (2016)
They say the tide in the bay comes in faster than a galloping horse.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He needs a really good gallop and another race before the big day.
The Sun (2015)
They are very well ahead on the gallops.
The Sun (2014)
This looks sure to be run at a faster gallop.
The Sun (2013)
That race was run in almost course record time despite the early gallop being steady.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The book is a gallop of a read.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He soon began galloping around the paddock.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Or maybe we could borrow some horses and go for a gallop?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This should be run at a stronger gallop.
The Sun (2014)
To ride on the gallops at home he was terribly slow and laborious.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They went no gallop and the ground was a bit quicker than we would have wanted.
The Sun (2011)
He may need further these days but they went at a good gallop and that helped him.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The colt galloped away with his jockey and bolted over the hill.
The Sun (2013)
The early gallop may not be strong today so her proven turn of pace is a big plus.
The Sun (2013)
The race worked out well as he had a good turn of speed and they went a slow gallop.
The Sun (2009)
Our horses train on all-weather gallops and barely encounter anything soft until they hit a racecourse.
The Sun (2007)
He would exert himself more strenuously when working up his trainer's uphill gallop of a morning.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
To win a Festival race you need a strong galloping horse who can jump well.
The Sun (2009)
Once they were saddled up it was business as usual on the all-weather gallops.
The Sun (2009)
While the technology gallops ahead we have not built the social conventions to manage how new forms of digital data should be used.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
After them came a number of men on horseback, all galloping as fast as they could.
Anna Sewell Black Beauty (1877)
Dubai Millennium had fractured a bone in his hind leg on the gallops earlier that morning.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
My imagination galloped around the possible, the impossible and the absurd.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Our problem since then is that we can't get them to the gallop because the roads are too icy to walk them on.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

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In other languages
gallop

British English: gallop /ˈɡæləp/ NOUN
A gallop is a ride on a horse that is galloping.
I was forced to attempt a gallop.
  • American English: gallop
  • Arabic: رَكْضُ الـحِصَان جري
  • Brazilian Portuguese: galope
  • Chinese: 疾驰
  • Croatian: galop
  • Czech: trysk běh koně
  • Danish: galop
  • Dutch: galop
  • European Spanish: galope
  • Finnish: laukka
  • French: galop
  • German: Galopp
  • Greek: καλπασμός
  • Italian: galoppo
  • Japanese: ギャロップ
  • Korean: 전속력으로 말을 몰기
  • Norwegian: galopp
  • Polish: galop
  • European Portuguese: galope
  • Romanian: galop
  • Russian: галоп
  • Latin American Spanish: galope
  • Swedish: galopp
  • Thai: การควบม้า
  • Turkish: dörtnala gidiş
  • Ukrainian: галоп
  • Vietnamese: nước đại
British English: gallop /ˈɡæləp/ VERB
When a horse gallops, it runs very fast.
The horses galloped away.
  • American English: gallop
  • Arabic: يَرْكُضُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: galopar
  • Chinese: 飞驰
  • Croatian: galopirati
  • Czech: běžet tryskem
  • Danish: galopere
  • Dutch: galopperen
  • European Spanish: galopar
  • Finnish: laukata
  • French: galoper
  • German: galoppieren
  • Greek: καλπάζω
  • Italian: galoppare
  • Japanese: ギャロップで走る
  • Korean: 질주하다
  • Norwegian: galoppere
  • Polish: pogalopować
  • European Portuguese: galopar
  • Romanian: a galopa
  • Russian: скакать галопом
  • Latin American Spanish: galopar
  • Swedish: galoppera
  • Thai: ควบม้า
  • Turkish: dörtnala koşmak
  • Ukrainian: галопувати
  • Vietnamese: phi nước đại

Chinese translation of 'gallop'

gallop

(ˈɡæləp)

vi

  1. [horse] 飞(飛)跑 (fēipǎo)
  2. [rider] 骑(騎)马(馬)奔驰(馳) (qí mǎ bēnchí)

n (c)

  1. (= ride) 骑(騎)马(馬)奔驰(馳) (qí mǎ bēnchí)
  2. [of horse] 飞(飛)跑 (fēipǎo)
    at a gallop 飞(飛)奔 (fēibēn)
1 (verb) 
Definition
(of a horse) to run fast with a two-beat stride in which all four legs are off the ground at once
The horses galloped away.
Synonyms
run
I excused myself and ran back to the telephone.
race
He, too, will be racing here again soon.
shoot
career
speed
bolt
I made some excuse and bolted towards the exit.
stampede
The crowd stampeded and many were crushed or trampled underfoot.
2 (verb) 
Definition
to move or progress rapidly
They were galloping around the garden playing football.
Synonyms
dash
Suddenly she dashed out into the garden.
run
race
They raced away out of sight.
shoot
They had almost reached the boat when a figure shot past them.
fly
I flew downstairs.
career
The car went careering off down the track.
speed
The engine noise rises only slightly as I speed along.
tear
The door flew open and she tore into the room.
rush
Someone inside the building rushed out.
barrel (along) (informal)
sprint
He sprinted to the car.
dart
She darted away through the trees.
zoom
A police car zoomed by.
3 (verb) 
Definition
to move or progress rapidly
China's economy galloped ahead.
Synonyms
boom
Lipstick sales have boomed even more.
increase
The population continues to increase.
grow
The economy continues to grow.
develop
Children develop at different rates.
expand
Water expands as it freezes.
thrive
Today his company continues to thrive.
flourish
Business soon flourished.

phrase

See at a gallop

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bolt
I made some excuse and bolted towards the exit.
Synonyms
dash,
run,
fly,
spring,
jump,
rush,
bound,
leap,
sprint,
hurtle
in the sense of career
Definition
to rush in an uncontrolled way
The car went careering off down the track.
Synonyms
rush,
race,
speed,
tear,
dash,
barrel (along) (informal),
bolt,
hurtle,
burn rubber (informal)
in the sense of dart
Definition
to move or throw swiftly and suddenly
She darted away through the trees.
Synonyms
dash,
run,
race,
shoot,
fly,
speed,
spring,
tear,
rush,
bound,
flash,
hurry,
sprint,
bolt,
hasten,
whizz,
haste,
flit,
scoot

Synonyms of 'gallop'

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