canter

英 [ˈkæntə(r)]

美 [ˈkæntər]

n.  (马的)慢跑，小跑; 骑马慢跑
v.  慢跑; 使马慢跑

过去式：cantered　现在分词：cantering　过去分词：cantered　复数：canters　第三人称单数：cants　

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牛津词典

noun

• （马的）慢跑，小跑；骑马慢跑
  a movement of a horse at a speed that is fairly fast but not very fast; a ride on a horse moving at this speed
  1. She set off at a canter.
     她骑着马慢跑出发。

verb

• 慢跑；使马慢跑
  to move or make a horse move at a canter
  1. We cantered along the beach.
     我们骑着马沿海滩慢跑。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (马)小跑,慢跑
  When a horsecanters, it moves at a speed that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
  1. The competitors cantered into the arena to conclude the closing ceremony.
     选手们慢跑进入竞技场,为闭幕式画上了句号。
  2. Canteris also a noun.
     
  3. Carnac set off at a canter.
     卡纳克小跑着出发了。

英英释义

noun

• a smooth three-beat gait
  Synonym:lope

verb

• ride at a canter
  1. The men cantered away
• ride at a cantering pace
  1. He cantered the horse across the meadow
• go at a canter, of horses

双语例句

• In the trot, the outside legs pass and cross in front of the inside legs. In the canter, the movement is performed in a series of forward sideways elevated strides.
  在快步时，外方肢在内方肢前面交叉越过。在跑步时，是以一连串的向侧方偏移的提高步伐执行的。
• She is wearing riding breeches since, not long before, she had been taking her horse for a canter.
  她穿着马裤，因为不久前她正骑着马小跑。
• Why do the walk, the trot, and the canter or lope feel so different to a rider?
  为什么当马做慢步、快步、慢跑或大步慢跑时骑手的感觉是如此的不同？
• He slowed his horse to a canter. I rushed at him at full speed.
  他放慢马速使之慢跑。我以全速向他跑去。
• Our team won the match at a canter.
  我们的队轻松地赢得了比赛。
• He slowed his horse to a canter.
  他放慢马速使之慢跑。
• Flora kicked her horse into a canter.
  弗洛拉蹬了蹬马，让它慢跑起来。
• It broke into an easy canter.
  它开始以轻松的步子小跑起来。
• Win a race at a canter.
  在径赛中轻易获胜。
• The horse won the race at a canter.
  在第三轮比赛中，这匹马轻易获胜。