[字彙] tittup (v) 跳著走路

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onomatopeia 念起來好像念經XD 這篇可以學到很多跟 "馬" 有關係的字! http://sovereignty.pixnet.net/blog/post/27218596 October 01, 2010 Word of the Day tittup \TITT-up\ DEFINITION verb : to move in a lively manner often with an exaggerated or affected action EXAMPLES As the curtains part, the play's main characters tittup to and fro across the stage. "Ahead of him Sulla could see Gaius Julius Caesar's women tittupping along on the high cork soles and higher cork heels of their winter shoes…." -- From Colleen McCullough's 1990 novel The First Man In Rome DID YOU KNOW? "Tittup" has been used as noun naming an imitation of the sound of horses' hooves moving at a pace between a canter and a gallop since as early as 1703. The rhythmic sound and bounce of such movement was infectious enough to lead people to apply the word to other bouncy gaits, and to lively or restless behavior in general. "Tittup" was first used as a verb in 1785. In 1862, William Makepeace Thackeray recalled the word's equine origins when he wrote of "a magnificent horse dancing, and tittupping." The word is not common today, but it does see occasional use, especially in British sources. Test Your Memory: What former Word of the Day comes from Roman mythology and means "cheerful" or "good-natured." The answer is ... 補充： (1) onomatopeia (n) 擬聲字 (2) 馬走路、跑步的速度 (由慢到快) 是：walk (走), trot (快步), canter (慢跑), gallop (奔馳) (3) infectious (a) 有傳染力的 (4) gait (n) 走路的方式、姿勢 (a way of walking) (5) GRE 很喜歡考 "說話" 和 "走路" 的類比，walk 對比 "某一種特殊的走路方式"，然後 talk 或 speak 對比 "某一種特殊的說話方式" -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.112.175.59