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prance

英 [prɑːns] 美 [præns]

解释

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

※ 提供单词"prance"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

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

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.

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.

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.

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?