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单词 agallop
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agallopadv.adj.

Brit. /əˈɡaləp/, U.S. /əˈɡæləp/
Forms: see a- prefix3 and gallop v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix3, gallop v.1
Etymology: < a- prefix3 + gallop v.1
Now archaic.
At a gallop. Also as adj.: galloping. Occasionally figurative.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > riding fast > at a gallop
(to ride, go, etc.)a wallopa1375
agallop1548
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
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. lxxxixv Where you now stand stil musyng, you would runne furth a galloppe.
1598 R. P. tr. M. Martínez Sixth Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood ix. sig. Aa3 They saw much armed people trauelling the way agallop, right towards the Sea side.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Intermean iv. 12 in Wks. II Set a beggar on horse-backe, hee'll neuer linne till hee be a gallop.
1696 P. Ayres Revengeful Mistress 172 He endeavoured still to keep up with them, 'till he heard the Page bid, Drive on a Gallop.
1761 Crit. Rev. Sept. 195 Among the number of ridiculous equestrian figures daily exhibited in Hyde-Park, nine-tenths could not sit the quietest horse a gallop..the length of Rotten-Row.
1858 W. Morris Two Roses 223 Rode a-gallop past the hall.
1902 F. Lynde Master of Appleby xvi. 178 Mistress Mary Slocumb..came storming down upon the field, having rode a-gallop some forty-odd miles.
1952 Time 15 Dec. 33/1 Winston Churchill last week entered his 79th year enthusiastically agallop on all his old hobbies.
2003 E. Greenwood Dragon's Ascension vii. 98 The next instant they were all agallop again, thundering on amid the rising dust.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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