in sing.
1- the fastest pace of a horse or other quadruped, with all the feet off the ground together in each stride（马或其他四足动物）飞跑, 疾驰：
the horse broke into a furious gallop
那马狂奔起来
mass noun a mounted police charge at full gallop.一次骑警策马飞驰的猛攻。
1.1
- a ride on a horse at this pace骑马奔驰：
Wilfred went for a gallop on the sands.
威尔弗雷德在沙地上骑马飞奔。
1.2
- a very fast pace of running by a person（人的）奔跑步伐。
1.3
- Brit. a track or ground where horses are exercised at a gallop〈英〉训练马的跑道; 驰马场。
(galloped, galloping)no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- (of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop（马）飞跑, 疾驰。
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- with obj. and adverbial of direction make (a horse) gallop使（马）飞跑, 使（马）疾驰：
Fred galloped the horse off to the start.
弗雷德策马向起点飞奔。
1.2
- (of a person) run fast and rather boisterously（人快速地、喧闹地）奔跑。
1.3
gallop through
figurative win (something) at great speed or without effort〈喻〉（快速或毫不费力地）赢得（某物）：Poole galloped through all his heats.
普尔轻而易举地赢得了所有预赛的胜利。
1.4
- figurative (of a process or time) progress rapidly in a seemingly uncontrollable manner〈喻〉（过程, 时间）（似乎无法控制地）快速进展：
panic about the deadline galloping towards them
因最后期限的逼近使他们感受到的恐慌
as adj. galloping galloping inflation.失控的通货膨胀。
派生词
galloper
noun词源
early 16th cent.: from Old French galop (noun), galoper, variants of Old Northern French walop, waloper （see WALLOP）.