prance

英 [prɑːns] 美[præns]
  • n. 昂首阔步;(马)后足立地腾跃
  • vi. 腾跃;昂首阔步;欢跃
  • vt. 使腾跃
  • n. (Prance)人名;(英)普兰斯

GRE畅通词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: prances;过去式: pranced;过去分词: pranced;现在分词: prancing;

助记提示


1. par- "intensify prefix" + avance (Old French formation of advance which is from ad- + ante "before, in front of") => paravance => prance.
2. 表示一种加强了含义的向前走、向前进。

中文词源


prance 阔步行走

来自中古英语pranken,昂首阔步走,词源同prank.

英文词源


prance (v.)
late 14c., originally of horses, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle English pranken "to show off," from Middle Dutch pronken "to strut, parade" (see prank); or perhaps from Danish dialectal prandse "to go in a stately manner." Klein suggests Old French paravancier. Related: Pranced; prancing. As a noun from 1751, from the verb.

双语例句


1. Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen.
珍妮弗阿姨的老虎们腾跃屏风.

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2. So the horse, rather shabby, stood in an arrested prance in the boy's bedroom.
因此,这一破旧不堪的木马, 以固定的腾跃姿态立在保罗的卧室里.

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3. A real man didn't prance around and yap at the mouth and preen for the camera.
显然生活中的人不会在摄影机前跃马而起,厉声喝斥,刻意打扮.

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4. But when I'm thinking about war, I don't want to prance around the Maypole.
但是当我想到战争时, 我可不想围绕着五朔节花柱扎扎跳.

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5. Whether may or not to use prance the message TT browser browse QQ space?
可不可以用腾讯的TT浏览器浏览QQ空间?

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