- a graceful or energetic leap（优雅或充满活力的）跳跃。
(curvetted, curvetting或curveted, curveting)no obj.
1- rare leap gracefully or energetically〈罕〉（优雅或充满活力地）腾跃。
1.1
- (of a horse) perform a courbette（马）直立腾跃。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Italian corvetta, diminutive of corva, earlier form of curva 'a curve', from Latin curvus 'bent'.