gait

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n. 步法, 步态 vt. 训练...的步法

发音

US /ɡeɪt/
AU /ɡeɪt/

词形变化

gaits 复数 gaited gaiting gaits 三单 gaits gaiting 现在分词 gaited 过去式 gaited 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

训练步法

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    步态

    Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.

  2. 2.

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

    动物学 体育
  3. 1.

    A sheaf of corn.

    英国 方言
  4. 2.

    A charge for pasturage.

    英国 方言
v.
  1. 1.

    To teach a specific gait to a horse.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

pace

上位词 5

walk walking travel rate locomotion

下位词 10

walk roll skip rack hitch limp stumble stalk trot lurch

相关短语

gait apraxia gait apraxias tandem gait

词源

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

来源：wiktionary