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单词 gallop
释义 gal·lop
I. \ˈgaləp\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French galop, from Old French, probably from galoper, v.
1.
 a. : a springing gait of various quadrupeds; specifically : a fast natural 3-beat gait of the horse in which one or two feet touch the ground in the order of one hind foot, diagonal biped including opposite hind foot, remaining forefoot — compare canter, run
 b. : a ride or run at a gallop
 c. : a stretch of land used for galloping horses
  < horses, trained in seclusion on private gallops — A.J.Liebling >
2. : a rapid rate or pace
 < the child went at a gallop to get his ice-cream cone >
 < this is not a book to be read at a gallop — Hal Lehrman >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle French galoper, from Old French
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to move or run in a gallop (as of a horse)
 b. : to ride at a gallop : ride at full speed
  < galloping over the moors on a stallion >
2. : to go at great speed or as fast as possible
 < dawdle to school but gallop home >
 < he galloped over the dunes barefoot — Mary H. Vorse >
transitive verb
1. : to cause to gallop
 < gallop a horse for miles >
2. : to transport at a gallop
 < galloped the general over to headquarters >
 < we are galloped to them over every obstacle on the pounding hoofs of rhapsodical prose — Virginia Woolf >
3. : to ride over at a gallop
 < each knight must gallop the course three times — American Guide Series: Maryland >
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