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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Win a race at a canter.
  在径赛中轻易获胜。
• Urge a pony into a canter, up a slope
  驱策小马慢跑、上斜坡
• Flora kicked her horse into a canter.
  弗洛拉蹬了蹬马，让它慢跑起来。
• I went for a canter across the fields.
  我骑马小跑过田野。
• Spam is generally created by programs, like the Perl script that posted to 6,000 Usenet groups for Canter& Siegel.
  而垃圾信息通常都是由程序创建的，比如Canter&Siegel就是利用Perl脚本向6000多个Usenet组发帖的。
• 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。
• Cadence must be maintained in all the different trot or canter exercises and in all the variations of these paces.
  在所有不同的快步或跑步与各种快步的变化时都必须保持节奏。