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To lope is to run in an easy way, with long, relaxed steps — not a sprint, not a tired little . You often hear it of a horse, a dog, or a tall person covering ground without looking in a hurry.
To lope to lope is是 to run in an easy way用輕鬆的方式跑, with long, relaxed steps步伐長而放鬆 — not a sprint不是衝刺, not a tired little jog也不是那種累人的小跑步。You often hear it你常常會聽到用在 of a horse, a dog, or a tall person馬、狗,或是一個高個子身上 covering ground without looking in a hurry看起來不慌不忙、大步前進。
There is a noun too: a lope is that kind of run (a steady lope across the field). It is not a kitchen-table word; stories and sports writing use it more than chat.
There is also有 a noun too名詞用法: a lope is a lope指的就是 that kind of run那種跑法 (a steady lope across the field像a steady lope across the field這樣)。It is not這不是 a kitchen-table word餐桌上的日常用字; stories and sports writing故事和運動報導 use it more than chat用它用得比聊天多。
It is a cousin of leap: they are , two English words that grew from the same older word, Old Norse hlaupa, "to leap or jump." German laufen and Dutch lopen (walk/run) are family on the other side of the North Sea.
It is它是 a cousin of leap leap的表親: they are doublets兩個字是doublets, two English words that grew from the same older word也就是從同一個古字長出來的兩個英文字, Old Norse hlaupa源頭是古諾斯語hlaupa, "to leap or jump."意思是「跳、跳躍」。German laufen and Dutch lopen (walk/run)德文的laufen和荷蘭文的lopen(走/跑) are family on the other side of the North Sea則是北海另一邊的親戚。
The feeling of lope is long and easy, not a sudden jump.
The feeling of lope lope給人的感覺 is是 long and easy又長又輕鬆, not a sudden jump不是突然一跳。
組成從中古英語 lopen 來,再往上是古諾斯語 hlaupa(跳、躍)。和 leap 是一對雙生子:同一個老詞,兩條路走進英語。
同家族的字
- leapdoublet — both come from Old Norse hlaupa, to leap or jump
原始詞典資料3 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。
lopeverb/ləʊp/
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To travel an easy pace with long strides.
- He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
- Scott hurried down the dark path, lifted the canoe from the muddy rock to the moss, took out the packs, and loped back. toward the cabin. As he passed the window he glanced inside.
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obsoleteTo jump, leap.
- And as he cam by a ryver, in hys woodnes he wolde have made hys horse to have lopyn over the watir; and the horse fayled footyng and felle in the ryver
- 1621-22, Thomas Middleton et al, The Spanish Gypsy he that lopes on the ropes
lopenoun/ləʊp/
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An easy pace with long strides.
- Hares have larger, leaner bodies, longer legs, and longer ears than the true rabbit. They also run with a lope instead of a hop. It is thought that they developed this more stream-lined body and swifter gait from running on the plains […]
- Then he was gone, not with the flashing quick steps that Lao Bingyi and Wei Jintai had employed but with the long lope of a wolf that knows to pace himself for a hunt.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。