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(马)腾跃,昂首阔步腾跃,昂首阔步使腾跃
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Prance \Prance\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pranced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Prancing}.] [OE. prauncen; probably akin to prank, v. t. See
Prank.]
1. To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.
Now rule thy prancing steed. --Gay.
2. To ride on a prancing horse; to ride in an ostentatious
manner.
The insulting tyrant prancing o'er the field.
--Addison.
3. To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with
warlike parade. --Swift.
资料来源 : WordNet®
prance
n : a proud stiff pompous gait [syn: {strut}, {swagger}]
prance
v 1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a
hen house" [syn: {swagger}, {ruffle}, {strut}, {sashay},
{cock}]
2: spring foward on the hind legs; "The young horse was
prancing in the meadow"
3: cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
4: ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward