| 单词 | to rack on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rack on (or out) a. intransitive. Of a horse or other animal (also in extended use of a rider): to move at a rack (rack n.6). Also figurative. to rack on (or out): to set off at a rack. Cf. also racking adj.1 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [verb (intransitive)] > rack rack1530 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [verb (intransitive)] > move in specific way rack1530 1530 [implied in: J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 260/2 Rackyng of a horse in his pace, racquassure. (at racking n.3)]. a1578 J. Heywood Witty & Witless 561 in Two Moral Interludes (1991) 38 Ambyll he, trot he, go he a foote pase, Walope he, galop he, racke he in trase. 1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet sig. E 2 After Martin had racked ouer his protestation with a Iades pace, hee runnes ouer his fooleries with a knaues gallop. 1589 G. Peele Eglogue Gratulatorie xii His rain-deer racking with proud and stately pace. c1626 Dick of Devonshire (1955) 388 Ile..trott vp hill wth you, & racke downewards. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 292 He was thorough-paced in all Spiritual Popery..but in secular Popery..he did not so much as rack. 1671 London Gaz. No. 627/4 Bay Gelding..trots and racks. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xx, in Crayon Misc. I. 146 They say he [sc. a wild horse] can pace and rack (or amble) faster than the fleetest horses can run. 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet II. iii. 62 No one ever saw him trotting or galloping; he only racks. 1935 H. L. Davis Honey in Horn xi. 175 He saddled and bridled the mare..and racked out on the road. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 1228/1 Let your horses rack on. < as lemmas |
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