gait

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɡeɪt/    美 /ɡeɪt/|/ɡæɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
    — Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
  2. A sheaf of corn. UK,dialectal
  3. One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.
  4. A charge for pasturage. UK,dialectal
动词 v.
  1. To teach a specific gait to a horse. transitive

词形变化

gaits plural gaits present,singular,third-person gaiting participle,present gaited participle,past gaited past gaits plural

词汇关系

近义词
gait
下位词
walk trot canter gallop
衍生词
double-gaiter gait apraxia midgait multigait square-gaiter tandem gait
相关词
:Category:Horse gaits

词源

From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.
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