Prance

(verb.) ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward.

(verb.) cause (a horse) to bound spring forward.

(verb.) spring forward on the hind legs; 'The young horse was prancing in the meadow'.

简录入

• Don't go prancing and capering about! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• One day, as he went prancing down a quiet street, he saw at the window of a ruinous castle the lovely face. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• A week afterwards, she came prancing towards her husband, and made him a low curtsey: 'I am right, and you are wrong, most noble Captain. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• We see Jack Thriftless prancing in the park, or darting in his brougham down Pall Mall: we eat his dinners served on his miraculous plate. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And this young rocking-horse was being trained in her mother's art of prancing in a stately manner without ever getting on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Gentlemen on splendid prancing horses came up and smiled and talked with her. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Sit down, you dancing, prancing, shambling, scrambling poll-parrot! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• With unearthly howls and shrieks, a l'Indien, he pranced about the room, incidentally giving Edison a scare that made him jump up from his work. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He pranced off to engage the lodgings with all the impetuosity of love. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And so, at last they came to the library, where she clapped her hands and pranced, as she always did when especially delighted. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Meg and Beth were frightened, but Jo clapped and pranced, and I sat on the fence and drew you. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

校对:梅勒妮