gallop

英['gæləp] 美['ɡæləp]
  • n. 疾驰;飞奔
  • vi. 飞驰;急速进行;急急忙忙地说
  • vt. 使飞跑;迅速运输
  • n. (Gallop)人名;(英)盖洛普

词态变化


复数: gallops;第三人称单数: gallops;过去式: galloped;过去分词: galloped;现在分词: galloping;

助记提示


1. well + lope, leap => wallop, literally "jump well, run well".
2. wallop => gallop. (g---gu---w)
3. 谐音“高楼跑、高落跑”---高速地落跑、逃跑,在高楼上飞奔、疾驰。
4. 谐音“高裸跑”---高速、裸奔地跑。

中文词源


gallop 疾驰

来自wallop的拼写变体,即well leap.

英文词源


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.).

双语例句


1. I read the book at a gallop.
我飞快地读完了这本书。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I was forced to attempt a gallop.
我被迫试着骑马飞奔。

来自柯林斯例句

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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Ten thousand horses gallop forward.
万马奔腾.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Sturdy steeds gallop on the grasslands.
骏马在草原上奔驰.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》