• n. 慢跑；流浪漢
• vi. 慢跑
• vt. 使慢跑
• n. (Canter)人名；(英)坎特；(西、意、瑞典)坎特爾

縮寫自Canterbury，英國肯特郡大教堂。因舊時朝拜者到Canterbury大教堂朝拜時，其馬速既不太快也不太慢而得名。其字面義為肯特郡人的城堡，來自cant, 同Kent，-bury, 同borough。

canter

canter: [18] Canter comes from phrases such as Canterbury trot, Canterbury pace, etc, which were terms applied to the pace at which medieval pilgrims rode on their way by horse to the shrine of Thomas à Beckett at Canterbury in Kent (earliest references to it are from the 17th century, much later than the time of Chaucer’s pilgrims in the Middle Ages). The abbreviated from canter appeared in the 18th century, initially as a verb, and Samuel Johnson in his Dictionary 1755 defined Canterbury gallop as ‘the hand gallop of an ambling horse, commonly called a canter’.

canter (v.)

1706, from a contraction of Canterbury gallop (1630s), "easy pace at which pilgrims ride to Canterbury" (q.v.). Related: Cantered; cantering.

canter (n.)

1755, from canter (v.).

1. Carnac set off at a canter.

卡納克小跑著出發了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She set off at a canter.

她騎著馬慢跑出發。

來自《權威詞典》

3. She leaps in one bound onto her pony's back for a speedy canter around the ring.

她縱身一躍騎上了馬背，繞著場地策馬慢跑。

來自柯林斯例句

4. 'I say a horse at a canter coming up, Joe.'

“ 我看是有匹馬小跑過來了. ”

來自英漢文學 - 雙城記

5. We set off at a canter.

我們驅馬慢跑開始上路.

來自辭典例句