gallop

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gal·lop1 /ˈɡæləp/ ●●○ verb  1  [intransitive]DSH if a horse gallops, it moves very fast with all its feet leaving the ground together 〔马〕飞奔，疾驰 → canter, trot A neighbour’s horse came galloping down the road, riderless. 一匹邻居家的马在路上飞奔，上面没人骑着。 a galloping horse 一匹奔驰的马► see thesaurus at run →4  See picture of 见图 MOVEMENT2  [intransitive, transitive]DSH if you gallop, you ride very fast on a horse or you make it go very fast 骑马奔驰；使（马）疾驰gallop along/off/towards etc I watched as Jan galloped away. 我看着简策马奔驰而去。3  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]FAST/QUICK to move very quickly 快速移动，飞跑 SYN run Ian came galloping down the stairs. 伊恩从楼上飞奔下来。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

gallop• A thoroughbred can gallop a mile in about 90 seconds.• Isabella gallops around, winning battles, expelling Moors from strongholds, her appetites expanding by the week.• Meanwhile the colt galloped back and forth behind him, and the parakeets squawked.• A youngster identified with a mustang goes galloping down the street with a new vitality and personality.• He jumped on bareback, stuck to her like a leech and galloped her flat out through the crowd.• Ralph Lauren's Polo aftershave came galloping into the kitchen, followed shortly by a now fully clothed Lee.• As she felt her way forward, suddenly a knight on horseback galloped past her.• She galloped past the rabbit hutches, the ducks swaying towards the pond.• Golden Larch got up and galloped to the finish line.gallop along/off/towards etc• I could see the ground far below me as we galloped along.• Horsemen gallop along a paved road, slowing to offer tourists a trek to the Sphinx.• Second, they saw foreign stock markets galloping along, delivering returns in the high double digits.• I saw three horses galloping off, dragging a fourth, which was dead.• In the end, I could only escape by galloping off, leaving him in full flow, and diving into a shop.• It galloped towards the boy in silence, swinging a thorn bush from its arm.• Bare chested and wet trousered, the job done, they swank before their audience then gallop off to Fair Hill.• And if the herd is threatened, they will gallop off together or maybe huddle together, touching each other for reassurance.

Related topics: Horses

gallop2 noun  1  a) [singular]DSH the movement of a horse at its fastest speed, when all four feet leave the ground together 〔马的〕飞奔，疾驰 → canter, trot The horses broke into a gallop (=begin to go very fast). 马儿飞奔起来。at a/full gallop Mounted police charged at full gallop. 骑警策马全速冲去。 b) [countable]DSH a ride on a horse when it is galloping 骑马奔跑2  DSH[singular] a very fast speed 飞速at a/full gallop The project began at full gallop. 该项目开始全速推进。

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gallop• They saw him and kicked their horses forward so Sharpe turned his tired mare northwards, and spurred her into a gallop.• Over the holidays, the creep turned into a gallop.• Always trying to get me up early for gallops through the morning mist.• Docklands Express pleased connections in a racecourse gallop at Newbury recently.• All the fears and stresses of these last weeks deserted her on that gallop.• He even broke down one horse in an effort to understand the gallop which had constantly eluded him.• The promising centre touched down after an 80-yard gallop.broke into a gallop• When the group got closer, they broke into a gallop and charged the small party.at a/full gallop• Generals Johnston and Beauregard were seen approaching at a gallop.• To his left, along the drive, he saw the grey-haired minister from Weem arriving at a gallop.• Russell mounted his horse, rode off, and rode back at full gallop toward the trailer.• The institutional investors that charged into junk bonds in the 1980s have now headed off at a gallop in the opposite direction.• The first horseman rode at a gallop.Origin gallop1 (1500-1600) Old French galoper

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gallop

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gal‧lop¹ /ˈɡæləp/ verb1. [intransitive] if a horse gallops, it moves very fast with all its feet leaving the ground together ⇨ canter, trot:
    A neighbour’s horse came galloping down the road, riderless.
    a galloping horse
2. [intransitive and transitive] if you gallop, you ride very fast on a horse or you make it go very fast
    gallop along/off/towards etc
    I watched as Jan galloped away.
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move very quickly
   SYN  run:
    Ian came galloping down the stairs.
     

THESAURUS

■ animals running
   ▪ trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs: A little dog was trotting behind her.
   ▪ gallop if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly: The horse galloped off across the field.
   ▪ bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape: Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge.

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gallop² noun
1.
  a. [singular] the movement of a horse at its fastest speed, when all four feet leave the ground together ⇨ canter, trot:
    The horses broke into a gallop (=begin to go very fast).
    at a/full gallop
    Mounted police charged at full gallop.
  b. [countable] a ride on a horse when it is galloping
2. [singular] a very fast speed
    at a/full gallop
    The project began at full gallop.