| 单词 | at a round pace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat a (good) round pace a. Quick, brisk, smart. Frequently in at a (good) round pace: quickly, at good speed. Chiefly with reference to horse riding. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] > specifically of movement or action radeOE swifta1050 smarta1325 quickc1325 round1525 main1567 rapid1605 slashing1824 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxvi. f. cxxxii/1 They gathered their company togyder and departed aboute mydnyght, and rode a rounde pase [Fr. chevaucherent le grand trot] too this towne. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. F vj We cam on spedily a both sydes.., but ye Scots indede wt a rounder pace. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Citum agmen,..an armie marchyng a rownde pase. 1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East iii. ii. sig. F4 But when we are enter'd, We shall on a good round pace. 1694 C. Cotton tr. L. Pontis Mem. ii. 28 They came up accordingly at a good round trot. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4779/4 Trots all, and at a round Rate. 1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling xiv He walked a good round pace. 1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 106 The same effect will scarcely be produced by four hours round trotting. 1858 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Aug. 420/2 Five miles of good round trotting proved his new nag to be badly spavined. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 47 Round was their pace at first, but slacken'd soon. 1916 G. A. England Pod, Bender & Co. ix. iii. 207 He dorve out of Hampton, on the Clarke's Corners road, at a good round lick. 1926 J. J. Audubon Delineations Amer. Scenery & Char. 80 Off we went at a round trot. 2008 M. Schwartz tr. I. Goncharov Oblomov 173 Andrei rode off at a round pace. < as lemmas |
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