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单词 gallop
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gallopverb

uk/ˈɡæl.əp/us/ˈɡæl.əp/

[ I or T ] (of a horse) to run fast so that all four feet come off the ground together in each act of forward movement, or (of a person) to ride a horse that is running in this way:

We galloped through the woods.
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canter
trot noun

[ I usually + adv/prep ] informal to move or act quickly:

It is the height of folly and a tragic waste to gallop into war.

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Animal (non-human) behaviour

  • accidental
  • eusocial
  • fledge
  • lap
  • maul
  • migrant
  • mob
  • molt
  • nest
  • nuzzle
  • perch
  • prey
  • ruminate
  • scratch
  • shy
  • skitter
  • slaver 1
  • stampede
  • torpor
  • trot

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Moving quickly

Phrasal verb(s)

gallop through sth

gallopnoun [ S ]

uk/ˈɡæl.əp/us/ˈɡæl.əp/

gallop noun [ S ] (RUN)

the fast run or speed of a horse when it is galloping, or an act of galloping:

At the sound of gunfire the horse suddenly broke into a gallop.

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Animal (non-human) behaviour

  • accidental
  • eusocial
  • fledge
  • lap
  • maul
  • migrant
  • mob
  • molt
  • nest
  • nuzzle
  • perch
  • prey
  • ruminate
  • scratch
  • shy
  • skitter
  • slaver 1
  • stampede
  • torpor
  • trot

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gallop noun [ S ] (SPEED)

a fast speed:

We had to complete the work at a gallop (= very quickly).

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Fast and rapid

  • a mile a minute idiom
  • apace
  • as fast as your legs would carry you idiom
  • as if it is going out of style idiom
  • at a rate of knots idiom
  • crash
  • fleet
  • have a heavy foot idiom
  • high-speed
  • hotfoot
  • in the twinkling of an eye idiom
  • Jack Robinson
  • lickety-split
  • lightning
  • mile
  • rapid-fire
  • smartly
  • souped-up
  • spread like wildfire idiom
  • swift

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Speed of motion
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