单词 | lope |
释义 | lope From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlopelope /ləʊp $ loʊp/ (also lope off) verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]RUNto run easily with long stepslope along/across/up etc He loped off down the corridor. —lope noun [singular]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslope• Her shoulders are hunched, her head down as she lopes across the court.• It stood nearby, seeming to lope ahead of Laelaps' silent pursuit.• She lopes between the lines of her teammates, slapping their outstretched hands.• His tribe join him, five pairs, in loping flight, then a quick tail-up dive into the damsons.• They'd lope out to a mesa two miles away and walk back.• Keeping the perimeter fence a few yards away on his left, Angel One loped silently along until he reached its north-western limit.• He loped up the street in zigzags, swooping and making aeroplane noises.lope along/across/up etc• Dexter loped along behind, knowing things were not as simple as the woman detective liked to make out.• As I loped along, I felt absolutely no remorse.• He loped across in his shy, shambling way, flicking his eyes across to her.• Her shoulders are hunched, her head down as she lopes across the court.• Then he loped up the eastern side of the dell and the sound of firing moved away with him.• With such thoughts in my head and lithe grace in my movements, I loped up the grassy knoll to the court.• Stepping from the escalator he loped across the record department to find the other set of escalators.• He loped up the street in zigzags, swooping and making aeroplane noises.Origin lope (1200-1300) Old Norse hlaupa “to jump” |
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