gallop
英 ['g?l?p]
美 ['ɡ?l?p]
- n. 疾馳；飛奔
- vi. 飛馳；急速進(jìn)行；急急忙忙地說
- vt. 使飛跑；迅速運(yùn)輸
- n. (Gallop)人名；(英)蓋洛普
助記提示
1. well + lope, leap => wallop, literally "jump well, run well".
2. wallop => gallop. （g---gu---w）
3. 諧音“高樓跑、高落跑”---高速地落跑、逃跑，在高樓上飛奔、疾馳。
4. 諧音“高裸跑”---高速、裸奔地跑。
中文詞源
gallop 疾馳來自wallop的拼寫變體，即well leap.
英文詞源
- gallop (v.)
- "move or run by leaps," early 15c., from Old French galoper "to gallop" (12c.), central Old French form of Old North French waloper, probably from Frankish *wala hlaupan "to run well" (see wallop). Related: Galloped; galloping. Though the French word is Germanic, Dutch galopperen, German galoppiren, Swedish galoppera are from French.
- gallop (n.)
- "a leaping gait," the most rapid movement of a horse, 1520s, from gallop (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. I read the book at a gallop.
- 我飛快地讀完了這本書。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I was forced to attempt a gallop.
- 我被迫試著騎馬飛奔。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He saddled his horse, mounted, and rode away at a gallop.
- 他給馬套上鞍子, 跨上馬背疾馳而去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Ten thousand horses gallop forward.
- 萬馬奔騰.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. Sturdy steeds gallop on the grasslands.
- 駿馬在草原上奔馳.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》