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词汇 prancing
释义 prancing
present participle ofprance
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
clomp
clump
flounce
goose step
lope
pace
parade
quick march!idiom
sashay
stamp
stomp
stride
strut
swagger
swaggeringly
troop
unmounted
vamp
waltz

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Horse riding

Examples of prancing


prancing

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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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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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The motif of a prancing horse is old, it can be found on ancient coins.
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The prancing stag promotes to a square mover (above).
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It would be really nice as it grew up, prancing about and neighing.
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Nudity, when all the men celebrate their onscreen victory by prancing around naked.
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In the centre of the roof ridge are two prancing dragons on either side of a blazing pearl.
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At the front of the car a new bumper removed the originals fake central grille and also replaced its prancing horse.
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Do sprightly kids love prancing?
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Prancing horsemen are depicted between the figures.
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Some of the revisions included; adding the prancing horse badges mentioned above, but also, repainting using the boxer paint scheme (lower half painted matte black), air conditioning fixes, etc.
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Ali then began prancing around the ring with his arms raised in victory.
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