🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
TOEFL BNC: 21777 COCA: 29652

canter

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 canter /ˈkæntɚ/ noun
plural canters
1 canter
/ˈkæntɚ/
noun
plural canters
Learner's definition of CANTER
[singular] : the way a horse moves when it is running fairly fast(马的)小跑,慢跑
[count] : a ride or run at a canter骑马慢跑usually singular通常用单数
compare 1gallop, 2trot
2 canter /ˈkæntɚ/ verb
canters; cantered; cantering
2 canter
/ˈkæntɚ/
verb
canters; cantered; cantering
Learner's definition of CANTER
[no object]
of a horse : to run fairly fast : to run at a canter(马)慢跑,小跑
: to ride on a horse that is running fairly fast : to ride a horse at a canter骑马慢跑
TOEFL BNC: 21777 COCA: 29652

canter

1 of 3

noun (1)

cant·​er ˈkan-tər How to pronounce canter (audio)
: one who uses cant: such as
b
: a user of professional or religious cant

canter

2 of 3

verb

can·​ter ˈkan-tər How to pronounce canter (audio)
cantered; cantering; canters

intransitive verb

1
: to move at or as if at a canter : lope
2
: to ride a horse at a canter

transitive verb

: to cause to go at a canter

canter

3 of 3

noun (2)

can·​ter ˈkan-tər How to pronounce canter (audio)
1
: a 3-beat gait resembling but smoother and slower than the gallop
2
: a ride at a canter

Example Sentences

Verb The horses cantered across the grass. We cantered off toward the lake.

Word History

Etymology

Verb

short for obsolete canterbury, noun (canter), from Canterbury, England; from the supposed gait of pilgrims riding to Canterbury

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1609, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1706, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun (2)

1755, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of canter was in 1609
TOEFL BNC: 21777 COCA: 29652

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime