can.ter

canter的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈkæntə]
KK音标发音： [ˈkæntɚ]

canter的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A smooth gait, especially of a horse, that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
慢跑：（尤其是马的）一阵平稳的慢跑，比疾跑慢而比快走快

canter的词性：
v.（动词）

canter的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

2. To ride a horse at a canter.
骑马慢跑

3. To go or move at a canter.
慢跑：以慢跑前去或移动

canter的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

4. To cause (a horse) to go at a canter.
使（一匹马）慢跑

canter的词源：

5. Ultimately from phrases such as Canterbury gallop
最终源自片语，如 Canterbury gallop

6. after Canterbury [England, toward which pilgrims rode at an easy pace]
源自 Canterbury[英国的一个地方，朝圣者以舒缓的速度骑马去该地]

canter的注释：

7. Most of those who have majored in English literature, and many more besides, know that Chaucer's Canterbury Tales were told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury to visit the shrine of England's famous martyr Thomas à Becket. Many pilgrims other than Chaucer's visited Canterbury on horse, and phrases such as Canterbury gallop, Canterbury pace, and Canterbury trot described the easy gait at which they rode to their destination. The first recorded instance of one of these phrases, Canterbury pace, is found in a work published before 1636. However, in a work written in 1631 we find a shortened form, the noun Canterbury, meaning “a canter,” and later, in 1673,the verb Canterbury, meaning “to canter.” This verb, or perhaps the noun, was further shortened, giving us the verb canter, first recorded in 1706, and the noun canter, first recorded in 1755.
专业是英语文学史的绝大多数人，还有许多其他的人，都知道乔叟的 坎特伯雷故事集 是由一群朝圣者在坎特伯雷的路上讲述的， 他们去那里是为了瞻仰英格兰著名的殉道士托马斯· 贝科特的神殿。除了乔叟笔下的这些朝圣者外的许多其他朝圣者也骑着马前去。一些短语，例如Canterbury gallop，Canterbury pace 和 Canterbury trot 描述了这些朝圣者在骑往他们的目的地时的缓和步态。 这些短语最早见于记录的例子Canterbury pace 发现于1636年之前出版的一部著作中。 然而，在写于1631年的一部著作中我们找到了一个缩略的形式，名词Canterbuty， 意即“慢跑”； 后来在1673年，又有了动词Canterbury, 意为“慢跑。” 这一动词，或者也许是这个名词，后来又被进一步缩写成canter, 该动词最早被记录于1706年，而名词canter 则被最早记录于1755年