A horse's gallop. Only adverbial phr. (tr. or imitations of French) (to ride, go,etc.)†a wallop, at the gallop; †a (also the) great wallop, in full…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adverb] > at a gallop (4) a (also the) great wallopa1375 A horse's gallop. Only adverbial phr. (tr. or imitations of French) (to ride, go,etc.)†a wallop, at the gallop; †a (also the) great wallop, in full… agallop1548 At a gallop. Also as adj.: galloping. Occasionally figurative. at (formerly also on, upon, in, with) a gallop1645 The most rapid movement of a horse (occasionally of other quadrupeds), in which in the course of each stride the animal is entirely off the… ventre à terre1848 In the posture assumed (esp. in sporting prints) by a horse at full gallop; hence at full speed, ‘all out’. Also attributive. |
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