gallop
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gallop | |
| he / she / it gallops | |
| past simple gallopped | |
| past participle gallopped | |
| past simple galloped | |
| past participle galloped | |
| -ing form gallopping | |
| -ing form galloping |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.)
when a horse or similar animal gallops, it moves very fast and each stride includes a stage when all four feet are off the ground together （马等）飞奔，奔驰，疾驰 The terrified horse galloped off. 受惊的马飞奔而去。 The ponies galloped along the sand. 小马在沙滩上疾驰。 The colt galloped madly around the pen. 小马在围栏周围疯狂地奔跑。
- [intransitive, transitive]
to ride a horse very fast, usually at a gallop 骑马奔驰；使（马）飞奔 - (+ adv./prep.)
Jo galloped across the field towards him. 乔骑马穿过田野向他奔去。 - gallop something (+ adv./prep.)
He galloped his horse home. 他骑着马飞奔回家。
Extra ExamplesSeb came galloping into the camp. 赛布飞奔进营地。 The cavalry galloped past in a cloud of dust. 骑兵绝尘而去。
- (+ adv./prep.)
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (informal)
(of a person 人 to run very quickly 飞跑；奔跑
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Old French galop (noun), galoper, variants of Old Northern French walop, waloper, perhaps from a Germanic phrase meaning ‘run well’, from the bases of well ‘good’ and leap.