lope
lope — verb
- lopepresent simple I / you / we / they
- lopes3rd person singular
- loping-ing form
- lopedpast simple
1. to move forward with long, easy strides that feel relaxed and steady, covering g
to move forward with long, easy strides that feel relaxed and steady, covering ground without obvious effort.
Ezra loped across the meadow, his dog bounding beside him.
lope + across [place] — direction phrase
Without any hurry, the tall teenager loped along the river path.
Mizuki watched the horses lope easily through the morning mist.
The old wolf loped into the forest without looking back.
As the sun set, a lone figure loped over the sandy dune.
文法句型
lope + adverb/prepositional phrase
lope across / along / through / over [place]
用法筆記
Unlike 'run', lope emphasises the length and ease of the strides rather than speed. The subject is often a tall person, a dog, or a horse.
常見錯誤
lope — noun
1. a way of moving forward with long, relaxed strides that feel steady and effortle
a way of moving forward with long, relaxed strides that feel steady and effortless, faster than a walk but slower than a sprint.
The dog crossed the field at an easy lope, its tongue hanging out.
at a lope — common prepositional pattern
Karim slowed his horse from a canter to a steady lope.
Elena set off at a swinging lope, like a runner who knows the trail well.
The husky broke into a lope as soon as its owner opened the gate.
Gabriel watched the gazelle's effortless lope across the savanna.
- shuffle
short, dragging strides — the opposite of a lope's long, lifted steps
文法句型
at a lope
with a lope
break into a lope