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    Your gait is the way you walk: the rhythm of your steps, how you hold your body, whether you limp, shuffle, or stride.

    Your gaityour gait is是 the way you walk你走路的樣子: the rhythm of your steps步伐的節奏, how you hold your body你身體的姿態, whether you limp, shuffle, or stride你是跛著走、拖著腳走還是大步走.

    Doctors watch a patient's gait to see if a hip, a nerve, or the inner ear is in trouble. Horse people use it constantly — walk, trot, and are different gaits, and some breeds have extra ones.

    Doctors醫生 watch a patient's gait會觀察病人的步態 to see if想知道 a hip, a nerve, or the inner ear髖部、神經或內耳 is in trouble是不是出了問題. Horse people養馬的人 use it constantly經常會用這個詞 — walk, trot, and canter走、快步和輕跑 are different gaits是不同的步法, and而且 some breeds有些馬的品種 have extra ones還有額外的步法.

    It is a slightly formal, almost technical word; friends usually just say "the way he walks." In that horse world it can be a verb too: to gait a horse is to train or show the way it moves. People sometimes stretch it to mean a person's manner in general, but the walking sense is the one you will meet.

    It is它是 a slightly formal, almost technical word一個有點正式、近乎專業的詞; friends一般朋友之間 usually just say通常就直接說 “the way he walks.”「他走路的樣子」. In that horse world在那個馬術世界裡, it can be a verb too它也可以當動詞用: to gait a horsegait a horse is是 to train or show the way it moves訓練或展示馬走路的方式. People有些人 sometimes stretch it有時候會把它延伸 to mean a person's manner in general泛指一個人整體的舉止, but但 the walking sense走路這個意思 is the one you will meet才是你會遇到的用法.

    It is not the same word as gate, the thing you open in a fence, though they are historical twins.

    It is它 not the same word as gate跟 gate 不是同一個字, the thing you open in a fence也就是你在圍籬上打開的那個東西, though雖然 they are historical twins它們其實是歷史上的雙胞胎.

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成From a specialised use of older gate meaning "way, manner, habit" (properly "way, path, street, journey"), from Middle English gate, from Old Norse gata (path, road, lane), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (passageway, street). Doublet of gate.

同家族的字

  • gatedoublet — both go back to Old Norse gata, a path or road

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

gaitnoun詞源 1/ɡeɪt/

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    A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

    • Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
  • 2

    equestrianismhobbieshorsesOne of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.

gaitverb詞源 1/ɡeɪt/

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    To teach a specific gait to a horse.

gaitnoun詞源 2/ɡeɪt/

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    dialectalA sheaf of corn.

  • 2

    dialectalA charge for pasturage.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。