A horse's speed between trotting and galloping — comfortably fast, but not the horse's hardest running.

A horse's speed between trotting and galloping馬介於小跑（trot）和奔馳（gallop）之間的速度， comfortably fast, but not the horse's hardest running跑起來輕鬆偏快，但不是馬全力衝刺

As a verb, either the horse canters, or the rider canters (rides at that speed), or the rider canters the horse (makes it go at that speed): all three are normal. As a noun you say at a canter, or break into a canter.

As a verb當動詞用的時候， either the horse canters可以是馬canters（用這個速度跑）， or the rider canters (rides at that speed)或是騎士canters（用這個速度騎）， or the rider canters the horse (makes it go at that speed)或是騎士canters the horse（讓馬用這個速度跑）： all three are normal這三種說法都很正常 As a noun you say at a canter, or break into a canter當名詞用的話會說at a canter（用這個速度）或break into a canter（跑成這個速度）

Riders care about this word because a horse has set gaits — walk, trot, canter, gallop — and each one feels different to sit on; canter is the smooth rocking one.

Riders care about this word because a horse has set gaits騎士在意這個字，是因為馬有固定的幾種步伐： walk, trot, canter, gallop走路（walk）、小跑（trot）、canter、奔馳（gallop）， and each one feels different to sit on每一種坐起來的感覺都不一樣； canter is the smooth rocking onecanter就是那種平穩、有節奏搖晃感的步伐

Outside riding, English uses at a canter to mean winning easily, without having to try hard: the team won at a canter. Separately, and confusingly, canter can also be a person who cants — but that is a different word, and you will almost never meet it.

Outside riding在騎馬以外的場合， English uses at a canter to mean winning easily, without having to try hard英文會用at a canter來表示輕鬆獲勝、不費力： the team won at a canter例如the team won at a canter（這隊輕鬆獲勝） Separately, and confusingly, canter can also be a person who cants另外讓人容易搞混的是，canter也可以指會cant（說行話、偽善說教）的人—— but that is a different word, and you will almost never meet it但那是另一個字，你幾乎不會遇到