Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense gallops, present participle galloping, past tense, past participle galloped
1V-ERG (使)(马)飞奔;(使)(马)疾驰 When a horse gallops, it runs very fast so that all four legs are off the ground at the same time. If you gallop a horse, you make it gallop. (使)(马)飞奔;(使)(马)疾驰
The horses galloped away. [VERB adv./prep.]
群马飞奔而去。
Staff officers galloped fine horses down the road. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + GALLOP | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤fast, good疾馳;飛奔▸➤steady平穩的飛跑VERB + GALLOP➤break into突然飛奔起來◇The horses broke into a gallop when they heard the gunshot.馬聽到槍聲都突然飛奔起來。PREPOSITION➤at a gallop飛快地◇They reached the farm at a gallop.他們飛快地趕到了農場。➤into a gallop飛奔起來◇The noise startled the horse into a gallop.那響聲把馬嚇得飛奔起來。➤gallop through (figurative) 快速做完⋯◇The documentary starts with a gallop through the history of television.紀錄片的開頭快速回顧了電視的發展史。PHRASES➤at full gallop用最快的速度◇riders coming at full gallop全速疾馳而來的騎手