canter
['kæntɚ]
n. 跑, 流浪

vi. 跑

vt. 使跑

1. We cantered our horses for several miles.
   骑著跑英里.
2. A natural three-beat gait of a horse, faster than a canter, in which all four feet are off the ground at the same time during each stride.
   疾驰，飞奔自跑，跑快，每次迈蹄都
3. He slowed his horse to a canter.
   速使跑。

canter
canter
[ noun ]

1. a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. ride at a canter

<verb.motion>
The men cantered away

2. go at a canter, of horses

<verb.motion>

3. ride at a cantering pace

<verb.motion>
He cantered the horse across the meadow

Canter \Cant"er\, n.
1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.

2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one
who uses canting language.

The day when he was a canter and a rebel.
--Macaulay.


Canter \Can"ter\ (k[a^]n"t[~e]r), n. [An abbreviation of
Canterbury. See Canterbury gallop, under {Canterbury}.]
1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

Note: The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first
extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be
produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit,
which compels him to throw a great part of his weight
on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in
the mode adopted by different horses for performing the
canter, that no single description will suffice, nor
indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them. --J.
H. Walsh.

2. A rapid or easy passing over.

A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics.
--Sir J.
Stephen.


Canter \Can"ter\ (k[a^]n"t[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantered}
(k[a^]n"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cantering}.]
To move in a canter.


Canter \Can"ter\, v. t.
To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at
a canter.