gait

英 [geɪt] 美[ɡet]
  • n. 步法,步态
  • vt. 训练步法

GRE低频词畅通词汇

词态变化


复数: gaits;

助记提示


1、gate => gait.
2、该词由gate以前的含义演变而来。

中文词源


gait 步法

来自PIE*ghe, 走,词源同go. 即走的姿势。

英文词源


gait (n.)
c. 1300, gate "a going or walking, departure, journey," earlier "way, road, path" (c. 1200), from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gata "way, road, path"), from Proto-Germanic *gatwon "a going" (cognates: Old High German gazza "street," German Gasse "a way, road," Gothic gatwo), perhaps from PIE *ghe- "to release, let go." Meaning "manner of walking, carriage of the body while walking" is from mid-15c. Modern spelling developed before 1750, originally in Scottish. Related: Gaited.

双语例句


1. Burns is a big lad with a rolling gait.
伯恩斯是一个走起路来一摇一晃的高大小伙子。

来自柯林斯例句

2. His gangling, awkward gait has earned him the name Spiderman.
他又瘦又高,动作笨拙难看,因此有了“蜘蛛人”的外号。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He walked with a rolling gait.
他走起路来摇摇摆摆。

来自《权威词典》

4. He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.
他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He walked with a rolling gait.
他摇摇晃晃地走着.

来自《简明英汉词典》