lope

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lope /ləʊp $ loʊp/ (also lope off) verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]  RUNto run easily with long steps 轻松地大步跑lope along/across/up etc He loped off down the corridor. 他沿着走廊大步跑开了。 —lope noun [singular]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

lope• Her shoulders are hunched, her head down as she lopes across the court.• It stood nearby, seeming to lope ahead of Laelaps' silent pursuit.• She lopes between the lines of her teammates, slapping their outstretched hands.• His tribe join him, five pairs, in loping flight, then a quick tail-up dive into the damsons.• They'd lope out to a mesa two miles away and walk back.• Keeping the perimeter fence a few yards away on his left, Angel One loped silently along until he reached its north-western limit.• He loped up the street in zigzags, swooping and making aeroplane noises.lope along/across/up etc• Dexter loped along behind, knowing things were not as simple as the woman detective liked to make out.• As I loped along, I felt absolutely no remorse.• He loped across in his shy, shambling way, flicking his eyes across to her.• Her shoulders are hunched, her head down as she lopes across the court.• Then he loped up the eastern side of the dell and the sound of firing moved away with him.• With such thoughts in my head and lithe grace in my movements, I loped up the grassy knoll to the court.• Stepping from the escalator he loped across the record department to find the other set of escalators.• He loped up the street in zigzags, swooping and making aeroplane noises.Origin lope (1200-1300) Old Norse hlaupa “to jump”

lope verbChinese  

run to with Corpus long steps easily

lope
lope /ləʊp $ loʊp/ (also lope off) verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]to run easily with long steps
    lope along/across/up etc
    He loped off down the corridor.
—lope noun [singular]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk: My five-year-old son runs everywhere. | I go running twice a week.
   ▪ jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance: A few people were jogging in the park.
   ▪ race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently: He dashed across the road to the police station. | We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
   ▪ sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance: I saw the runners sprinting past. | He sprinted up the stairs.
   ▪ tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry: He tore down the street and around the corner.
   ▪ charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way: They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock. | Dennis charged through the door into my office.
   ▪ take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid: The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
   ▪ leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something: I legged it before the cops came.
   ▪ lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs: John loped across the street to meet me.

lopeBrE /ləʊp/ 🔊NAmE /loʊp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they lope BrE /ləʊp/ 🔊 NAmE /loʊp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it lopes BrE /ləʊps/ 🔊 NAmE /loʊps/ 🔊past simple loped BrE /ləʊpt/ 🔊 NAmE /loʊpt/ 🔊past participle loped BrE /ləʊpt/ 🔊 NAmE /loʊpt/ 🔊 -ing form loping BrE /ˈləʊpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈloʊpɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to run taking long relaxed steps 轻松地大步跑◆The dog loped along beside her. 那条狗在她身旁轻松地奔跑。🔊🔊◆He set off with a loping stride. 他迈着轻快的步伐出发了。🔊🔊▸ lope noun [usually singular]