词汇 | canter |
释义 | canter verb[ I ] uk /ˈkæn.tər/ us /ˈkæn.t̬ɚ/ If a horse canters, it moves at quite a fast but easy and comfortable speed: (马)小跑,慢跑 The riders cantered round the field a few times.骑手绕着场地小跑了几次。 Horse riding barrel racing blinder break someone in bridle bridle path capriole chukka chukker curry girth high-spirited horseman horsewoman mounted pony trekking rein riderless saddler showjumper whip You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Animal (non-human) behaviour canter noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˈkæn.tər/ us /ˈkæn.t̬ɚ/ a speed of movement on a horse that is quite fast but easy and comfortable, or a ride on a horse at this speed: The horses set off at a canter. We moved along the verge at a brisk canter. The horse looked relaxed as she went for a gentle canter on the turf. The Derby winner did a steady canter for seven furlongs. We'll go to Epsom and have a nice canter round. Horse riding barrel racing blinder break someone in bridle bridle path capriole chukka chukker curry girth high-spirited horseman horsewoman mounted pony trekking rein riderless saddler showjumper whip You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Animal (non-human) behaviour canter | American Dictionarycanter verb[ I ] us/ˈkæn·tər/ (of a horse) to move in a way that is like a slow gallop Examples of cantercanter Canter emphasises that exhalation needs to be positive (1997: 42-4). By the author's high standards, the concluding chapter is also a rather disappointing routine canter through 'the facts'. Kinematic comparison of the leading and trailing fore- and hind limbs at the canter. While the book's scope is impressive, it does occasionally canter rather too quickly through its constituent parts, for example twentieth-century 'branding' is dealt with in only two pages. Events move at a canter while ideas move at a jog trot and sometimes do not move at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this not a thinly disguised canter around the whole course of legal aid? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Cantering inflation is now beginning to gallop, and a serious disaster in our balance of payments is not impossible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Year after year it seems to me to be a one-horse race with the farmers winning in a canter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But a description in depth of the country's short-term and medium-term prospects hardly lends itself to a 15-minute canter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will use all the means at their disposal to ensure that we do not get further than a preliminary canter round the course. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today is a general canter round the course. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He says that the smaller conference now proposed will be a "preliminary canter" for the big one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He may take a canter round the whole field of criminal law, and nobody can complain if he does. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, the whole of that preliminary canter has to some extent been in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not wish to canter across the broad meadow of the reasons why we are introducing this legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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