Galloping, in this use, means increasing or getting worse very fast — so fast it feels a bit out of control. News writers talk of galloping inflation (prices racing up month after month), galloping costs, a galloping infection.

Galloping, in this useGalloping在這個用法裡，means意思是 increasing or getting worse very fast快速增加或急速惡化——so fast it feels a bit out of control快到讓人覺得有點失控。News writers talk of新聞常說 galloping inflation (prices racing up month after month)galloping inflation（物價一個月比一個月狂飆），galloping costsgalloping costs（成本飛漲），a galloping infectiona galloping infection（急速蔓延的感染）。

The picture is a horse at full run, the gait called a gallop, when the animal is going as fast as it can and is hard to stop. That picture is still sitting inside the word, even when no horse is in the sentence.

The picture is這個畫面是 a horse at full run一匹馬全力奔跑，the gait called a gallop那種步伐叫做gallop，when the animal is going as fast as it can and is hard to stop是動物用盡全力奔跑、很難停下來的樣子。Even when no horse is in the sentence即使句子裡沒有馬，that picture is still sitting inside the word這個畫面依然留在這個字裡面。

You will see this sense in newspapers and in medical talk. It can still, of course, simply describe a horse; the “racing-up” meaning is the one borrowed from that run.

You will see this sense你會看到這個用法 in newspapers and in medical talk在報紙和醫學用語裡。It can still, of course, simply describe a horse當然，它還是可以單純用來描述一匹馬；the "racing-up" meaning「飛快惡化」的意思 is the one borrowed from that run是從馬奔跑這個畫面借來的。