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

• 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？
• I went for a canter across the fields.
  我骑马小跑过田野。
• Cadence is shown in trot and canter, and is the result of the proper harmony that a horse shows when it moves with well-marked regularity, impulsion and balance.
  在快步与跑步时展现好的节奏，那是规律运动、前进气势与平衡等和谐展现的结果。
• From there it is an easy canter into recounting your current success and plans for future world domination.
  以此为基础，记者就能轻而易举地叙述你现在的成功和主导国际市场的未来计划。
• It can be performed in collected trot or collected canter.
  可以用缩短快步或是缩短跑步执行。
• The pure heather-scented air, and the bright sunshine, and the gentle canter of Minny, relieved his despondency after a while.
  过了一会，那纯洁的、带着青草香味的空气，那灿烂的阳光，以及敏妮的轻轻的缓步使他的沮丧神气缓和下来了。
• To go or move at a canter.
  慢跑以慢跑前去或移动走来走去，来回移动。
• 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。
• In his first season Beardsley helped the Reds to the title at a canter, losing just two games.
  比尔兹利在安菲尔德的首个赛季就帮助红军轻松夺冠，全年只输了两场球。
• 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。