“curvetting”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

curvetting

释义

▪ I. curveting, curvetting, vbl. n.|ˈkɜːvɪtɪŋ, kɜːˈvɛtɪŋ|
[-ing¹.]
The action of the verb curvet, q.v.
1784tr. Beckford's Vathek (1868) 55 The unwieldy curvetting of these poor beasts.1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. v. 203 Imitating the curvetings and motions of a horse.1840Barham Ingol. Leg., Witches' Frolic, Such lofty curvetting And grand pirouetting.
▪ II. ˈcurveting, curˈvetting, ppl. a.
[-ing².]
That curvets: see the verb.
1599Marston Sco. Villanie iii. xi. 228 His very intellect Is naught but a curuetting Sommerset.1750Wesley Wks. (1872) II. 185 A fine curvetting horse.1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 490 Rushed through the drawn swords and curvetting horses.1878M. A. Brown Nadeschda 25 On his curveting charger's back.

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