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

• He slowed his horse to a canter.
  他放慢马速使之慢跑。
• But by now-the whole party was moving off at a brisk canter.
  但现在这一群绅士以轻快的慢跑统统行动起来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Flora kicked her horse into a canter.
  弗洛拉蹬了蹬马，让它慢跑起来。
• The group, as if on signal, slowed to a canter along what I later dis-cerned to be well-established deer trails that served the denizens of the woods.
  这群人像是收到信号似的放慢脚步，在一条小径上小跑而行，我后来发现这是一条开辟好了的鹿道，供森林里的居民们使用。
• Ability to maintain equal tension with both hands on the rein is a key skill whether at the halt, walk, trot, or canter or on two tracks.
  不论是在停止、慢步、快步还是在跑步或是两蹄迹运动中，保持缰上双手同等拉力的能力是个关键性技巧。
• 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。