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canter

noun
🔊/ˈkæntə(r)/
🔊/ˈkæntər/
[usually singular]Idioms
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  1. a movement of a horse at a speed that is fairly fast but not very fast; a ride on a horse moving at this speed（马的）慢跑；骑马慢跑
    • She set off at a canter.她骑着马慢跑出发。🔊🔊
    Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent. (as a verb): short for Canterbury pace or Canterbury gallop, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury, a city in Kent, SE England.
Idioms
at/in a canter
  1. (especially British English) (in sport体育运动) without much effort; easily
    • Last year the team won at a canter but the competition is tougher this year.去年，该队在慢跑比赛中获胜，但今年的比赛更加艰难。

canter

verb
🔊/ˈkæntə(r)/
🔊/ˈkæntər/
 [intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they canter
🔊/ˈkæntə(r)/
🔊/ˈkæntər/
he / she / it canters
🔊/ˈkæntəz/
🔊/ˈkæntərz/
past simple cantered
🔊/ˈkæntəd/
🔊/ˈkæntərd/
past participle cantered
🔊/ˈkæntəd/
🔊/ˈkæntərd/
-ing form cantering
🔊/ˈkæntərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkæntərɪŋ/
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  1. (of a horse or rider马或骑手) to move at a canter; to make a horse move at a canter慢跑；使马慢跑
    • We cantered along the beach.我们骑着马沿海滩慢跑。🔊🔊
    • canter something She cantered her horse across the fields.她马跃过田野。
    compare gallop, trotTopics Animalsc2
  2. canter home/to victory/to a win (especially British English) (in sport体育运动) to win easily慢跑；使马慢跑
    • Australia cantered home by 10 wickets.澳大利亚有10个小门在家里摇曳。
    • The team cantered to an easy win over Carlisle United.球队争分夺秒地轻松击败卡莱尔联队。
    3. Word Originearly 18th cent. (as a verb): short for Canterbury pace or Canterbury gallop, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury, a city in Kent, SE England.