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词汇 prance
释义 prance
verb
uk /prɑːns/ us /præns/
[ I+ adv/prep ]
to walk in an energetic way and with more movement than necessary: 蹦蹦跳跳;昂首阔步;趾高气扬地走
It's pathetic to see 50-year-old rock stars prancing around on stage as if they were still teenagers.看到50岁的摇滚歌星们还像十几岁的青少年一样在舞台上蹦蹦跳跳是很可悲的。
She pranced into the office and demanded to speak to the manager.她昂首阔步地走进办公室,要求见经理。
[ I ]
When a horse prances, it takes small, quick steps and raises its legs higher than usual.(马)腾跃,腾跳
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving firmly on foot
breeze
bull
clomp
clump
flounce
goose step
lope
pace
parade
quick march!idiom
sashay
stamp
stomp
stride
strut
swagger
swaggeringly
unmounted
vamp
waltz

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prance | American Dictionary


prance
verb[ I ]
us/præns/
to walk or dance in an energetic way, with high, kicking steps:
In the square dance, each couple took turns prancing together under the linked arms of the other couples.

Examples of prance


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Armed men were allowed to prance up and down and surround my house.
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Is he further aware that while he and his colleagues prance around this country blaming everyone for our problems rather than admit their own incompetence prices go up?
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Couples would form a circle, promenade, prance with buckets of water on their heads to the sound of banjos playing, and clap their hands.
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They run, play, skip, jump, and prance about, savoring every second of their newly found freedom.
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The cheerleaders prance on the field and ask for the help of an audience member.
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The elephant pranced a while before moving off in another direction.
A man displays his trained bear; a clown prances; a pretty girl sells flowers; a beggar approaches two swells.
She prances confidently down the catwalk, her high heels delicately clicking against the shiny black linoleum, as her floral perfume floats over the audience members looking up at her.
If people want to waste time watching a man prancing about in a pair of ladies' tights on stage, that is their choice.
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He pretends that they are prancing stallions, but at midnight they are revealed as the white mice that they are.
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He prances around the ring leering at his opponents, behaving in the most nauseating fashion.
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There were no prancing horses dragging our fire engine, there was no motor drawing the equipment, but human hands had to push the barrow and use the pump.
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They are one of the prancing horses.
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Nudity, when all the men celebrate their onscreen victory by prancing around naked.
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As he prances along singing, he trips and tumbles down a hill (still singing), off a bank and into a river.
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