tantivy

名词 n. 动词 v. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rapid gallop obsolete
    — a. 1658, John Cleveland, letter to a Parliament Officer at Grantham Sir , I expected to hear from you in the Language of the lost Groat , and the Prodigal Son , and not in such a Tantivy of Language
  2. The sound of a hunting horn in imitation of a galloping horse informal
    — Jack then placed himself on the opposite side of the pit, farthest from the giant’s lodging, and, just at the break of day, he put the horn to his mouth, and blew, Tantivy, Tantivy. This noise roused the giant.
动词 v.
  1. To hurry off. intransitive
副词 adv.
  1. At full tilt not-comparable,obsolete
    — Fryar John began to paw, neigh and whinny at the Snout's end, as one ready to leap, or at least to play the Ass, and get up and ride tantivy to the Devil like a Beggar on Horseback.

词形变化

tantivies plural tantivies present,singular,third-person tantivying participle,present tantivied participle,past tantivied past

词源

词源 1
A fox-hunting term, said to be from the note of a hunting horn.
词源 2
A fox-hunting term, said to be from the note of a hunting horn.
词源 3
A fox-hunting term, said to be from the note of a hunting horn.
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