late 14c., originally of horses, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle English pranken "to show off," from Middle Dutch pronken "to strut, parade" (see prank); or perhaps from Danish dialectal prandse "to go in a stately manner." Klein suggests Old French paravancier. Related: Pranced; prancing. As a noun from 1751, from the verb.
例文
1. Aunt Jennifer 's tigers prance across a screen.
ジェニファーおばさんのトラたちが屏風を飛び跳ねた。
2.So the horse,rather shabby,stood in an arrested prance in the boy 's bedroom.
そのため、このぼろぼろの木馬は、ポールの寝室に一定の跳ね姿で立っている。dd>
3.A real man didn 't prance around and yap at the mouth and preen for the camera.