curvet

n. 腾跃 vi. 腾跃

发音

UK /kɜːˈvɛt/
其它
US /kɚˈvɛt/

词形变化

curvets 复数 curveted curveting curvets 三单 curvets curvetted curvetting curvetting 现在分词 curveting 现在分词 curvetted 过去式 curvetted 过去分词 curveted 过去式 curveted 过去分词

别名

corvet curvette

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A particular leap in which a horse raises both forelegs at once, equally advanced, and, as the forelegs are falling, raises the hind legs, so that all the legs are in the air at once.

  2. 2.

    A prank; a frolic.

v.
  1. 1.

    Of a horse or, by extension, another animal: to leap about, to frolic.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To cause to leap about, dart or jump.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To fly or swim with darting movements.

  4. 4.

    (of a person) To prance; to caper, frolic.

    比喻
  5. 5.

    (of an object) To jump, skip, shake.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

vaulting

上位词 1

dressage
动词

上位词 4

jump spring bound leap

词源

From Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, an early form of curva (“curve”), from Latin curva, feminine of curvus (“bent, curved”).

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