ventre à terreadv.

/ˌvɒntrə ə ˈtɛː/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘belly to the ground’.

a. 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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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed

full speed1382

with topsailc1400

at spursa1500

on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525

amain1555

a main pace (also speed)1567

full tilt?a1600

upon full stretch1697

at full tilt1713

at (also on) full speed1749

(at) full split1836

full chisel1837

(at) full pelt1841

full swing1843

ventre à terre1848

full out1886

at full lick1889

hell-for-leather1889

all out1895

eyes out1895

flat out1932

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adverb] > at a gallop

a (also the) great wallopa1375

agallop1548

at (formerly also on, upon, in, with) a gallop1645

ventre à terre1848

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair liii. 476 I instantly called for the carriage, and..drove ventre à terre to Nathan's.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. xiii. 302 You know what the Arabs are... They..pick up their sabre from the ground, while their horse is galloping ventre à terre.

1918 G. B. Shaw in F. Harris Oscar Wilde II. 28 To be called on to gallop ventre à terre to Erith.

1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxii. 170 He [sc. a charging lion] goes not in a series of bounds, but at a ventre à terre gallop, and incredibly fast.

1974 Country Life 2 May 1059/1 His personal progression from the 19th-century ventre à terre animal motion—à la Herring and Pollard—to the transverse and rotatory images.

1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xi. 223 Man and horse..went on to gallop almost ventre à terre in the direction of the hedge.

b. Lying on one's stomach, prone.

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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down

groofc1374

on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375

grovellingsa1400

grovellingc1400

agroofc1425

womblonga1475

grovellingly1548

prostrately1556

grovellingwise1561

flatlong1570

pronely1578

on one's grufe1788

ventre à terre1960

1960 Times 18 July 15/4 Down at the firing point they formed a line ventre à terre.

1968 Economist 27 Jan. 4/3 The Cresta, which is run by the St. Moritz Toboggan Club, on which the rider uses a skeleton, or the bob run in which the bobsleigh crew descend either ventre à terre or sitting up.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	ventre à terre
释义	ventre à terreadv. /ˌvɒntrə ə ˈtɛː/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘belly to the ground’. a. In the posture assumed (esp. in sporting prints) by a horse at full gallop; hence at full speed, ‘all out’. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swiftly [phrase] > at full speed full speed1382 with topsailc1400 at spursa1500 on (also upon) the (spurs or) spur1525 amain1555 a main pace (also speed)1567 full tilt?a1600 upon full stretch1697 at full tilt1713 at (also on) full speed1749 (at) full split1836 full chisel1837 (at) full pelt1841 full swing1843 ventre à terre1848 full out1886 at full lick1889 hell-for-leather1889 all out1895 eyes out1895 flat out1932 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [adverb] > at a gallop a (also the) great wallopa1375 agallop1548 at (formerly also on, upon, in, with) a gallop1645 ventre à terre1848 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair liii. 476 I instantly called for the carriage, and..drove ventre à terre to Nathan's. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. xiii. 302 You know what the Arabs are... They..pick up their sabre from the ground, while their horse is galloping ventre à terre. 1918 G. B. Shaw in F. Harris Oscar Wilde II. 28 To be called on to gallop ventre à terre to Erith. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxii. 170 He [sc. a charging lion] goes not in a series of bounds, but at a ventre à terre gallop, and incredibly fast. 1974 Country Life 2 May 1059/1 His personal progression from the 19th-century ventre à terre animal motion—à la Herring and Pollard—to the transverse and rotatory images. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xi. 223 Man and horse..went on to gallop almost ventre à terre in the direction of the hedge. b. Lying on one's stomach, prone. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down groofc1374 on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375 grovellingsa1400 grovellingc1400 agroofc1425 womblonga1475 grovellingly1548 prostrately1556 grovellingwise1561 flatlong1570 pronely1578 on one's grufe1788 ventre à terre1960 1960 Times 18 July 15/4 Down at the firing point they formed a line ventre à terre. 1968 Economist 27 Jan. 4/3 The Cresta, which is run by the St. Moritz Toboggan Club, on which the rider uses a skeleton, or the bob run in which the bobsleigh crew descend either ventre à terre or sitting up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adv.1848
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