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单词 curvet
释义 curvet
  n.   /kerr"vit/;  v.   /keuhr vet", kerr"vit/,  n.  ,  v.  , curvetted or curveted, curvetting or curveting.
  n.  
  1.  Dressage.   a leap of a horse from a rearing position, in which it springs up with the hind legs outstretched as the forelegs descend.
  v.i.  
  2. to leap in a curvet, as a horse; cause one's horse to do this.
  3. to leap and frisk.
  v.t.  
  4. to cause to make a curvet.
 [1565-75; earlier curvetto < It corvetta < F courbette, equiv. to courb(er) to bend, curve ( << L curvare; cf. CURVE) + -ette - ETTE]
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