Canter

(noun.) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop.

(verb.) ride at a canter; 'The men cantered away'.

(verb.) ride at a cantering pace; 'He cantered the horse across the meadow'.

(verb.) go at a canter, of horses.

艾伯特整理

• I say a horse at a canter coming up, Joe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• You could give 'em the whole outfit and win at a canter! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Come, Polly, will you have a canter? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was not a trot, a gallop, or a canter, but a stampede, and made up of all possible or conceivable gaits. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• That was plainly to be seen, for Ma was talking then at her usual canter, with arched head and mane, opened eyes and nostrils. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She would canter up to the door on her pony, followed by a mounted livery servant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The donkey-boys were lively young Egyptian rascals who could follow a donkey and keep him in a canter half a day without tiring. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• And Henrique cantered down the walk after Eva. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He cried when he cantered. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• So we mounted the horses and rode grimly on toward Magdala, cantering along in the edge of the water for want of the means of passing over it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• If you set him cantering, he goes on like twenty sawyers. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I saw you on Saturday cantering over the hill on a nag not worthy of you. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• True; which, however, is no guarantee that she is not at this moment cantering over Rushedge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Other horses, ridden by other small boys, arrive from time to time, awaiting their masters, who will come cantering on anon. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Only that it is a remarkable cow which walks, canters, and gallops. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

整理:华莱士