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gallop

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gallop
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he / she / it gallops
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past simple gallopped
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past participle gallopped
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past simple galloped
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past participle galloped
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-ing form gallopping
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-ing form galloping
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  1. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) when a horse or similar animal gallops, it moves very fast and each stride includes a stage when all four feet are off the ground together（马等）飞奔，奔驰，疾驰
    • The terrified horse galloped off.惊恐的马疾驰而去。
    • The ponies galloped along the sand.小马沿着沙滩疾驰。
    • The colt galloped madly around the pen.马驹在笔旁疯狂地疾驰。
    compare canter
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    Topics Sports: other sportsc1, Animalsc1
  2. [intransitive, transitive] to ride a horse very fast, usually at a gallop骑马奔驰；使（马）飞奔
    • (+ adv./prep.) Jo galloped across the field towards him.乔骑马穿过田野向他奔去。🔊🔊
    • gallop something (+ adv./prep.) He galloped his horse home.他骑着马飞奔回家。🔊🔊
    compare canter
    Extra Examples
    • Seb came galloping into the camp.塞伯疾驰而入营地。
    • The cavalry galloped past in a cloud of dust.骑兵绝尘而去。
  3. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (informal) (of a person人) to run very quickly飞跑；奔跑 synonym charge
    • She came galloping down the street.她沿街飞奔而来。🔊🔊
    • Dick galloped down the stairs to greet them.迪克疾驰而下，向他们致意。
    4. Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Old French galop (noun), galoper, variants of Old Northern French walop, waloper, perhaps from a Germanic phrase meaning ‘run well’, from the bases of well ‘good’ and leap.

gallop

noun
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  1. [singular] the fastest speed at which a horse can run, with a stage in which all four feet are off the ground together（马的）飞奔，奔驰，疾驰
    • at a gallop He rode off at a gallop.他骑马疾驰而去。🔊🔊
    • My horse suddenly broke into a gallop.我的马突然飞奔起来。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • riders coming at full gallop全速疾驰而来的骑手
    • Diane urged her horse into a gallop.黛安驱马驰骋起来。
    Topics Sports: other sportsc1, Animalsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fast
    • good
    • steady
    • …
    verb + gallop
    • break into
    preposition
    • at a gallop
    • into a gallop
    • gallop through
    • …
    phrases
    • at full gallop
    See full entry
  2. [countable] a ride on a horse at its fastest speed骑马奔驰
    • to go for a gallop去骑马奔驰一番
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fast
    • good
    • steady
    • …
    verb + gallop
    • break into
    preposition
    • at a gallop
    • into a gallop
    • gallop through
    • …
    phrases
    • at full gallop
    See full entry
  3. [singular] an unusually fast speed; the act of doing something at an unusually fast speed飞快；高速度
    • at a gallop She always lives life at a gallop.她总是疾驰而过。
    • The programme starts with a gallop through the history of the railway.节目的开头快速地回顾了铁路的发展史。
    4. Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Old French galop (noun), galoper, variants of Old Northern French walop, waloper, perhaps from a Germanic phrase meaning ‘run well’, from the bases of well ‘good’ and leap.