gallop
英 ['gæləp]
美 ['ɡæləp]
- n. 疾走する。
- vi. 疾走する；急ぐ；急いで言う
- vt.疾走する；急速に輸送する
- n.（ギャロップ）人名；（英）Gallup
語源
ギャロップ。wallopのスペリングが変化したもの。
英語の語源
- 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.).
例文
- 1. I read the book at a gallop .
- 我飞快地读完了这本书。
- 2. I was forced to attempt a gallop .
- 我被迫试着骑马飞奔。
- 3. He saddled his horse, mounted, and rode away at a gallop .
- 他给马套上鞍子, 跨上马背疾驰而去.
- 4. Ten thousand horses gallop forward.
- 万马奔腾.
- 5. Sturdy steeds gallop on the grasslands.
- 骏马在草原上奔驰.