canter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkæn.tə/    美 /ˈkæn.tə/|/ˈkæn.tɚ/|[ˈkɛən.tɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.
  2. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
  3. A ride on a horse at such speed.
  4. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
    — The days when he was a canter and a rebel.
动词 v.
  1. To move at such pace. intransitive
  2. To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter. transitive

词形变化

canters plural canters present,singular,third-person cantering participle,present cantered participle,past cantered past canters plural

词汇关系

近义词
lope
衍生词
counter-canter canterer in a canter at a canter

词源

词源 1
Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English cant
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English canter
From cant + -er.
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