prances

英[prɑːns] 美[præns]
  • v.腾跃;欢跃;昂首阔步n.(马)后足立地腾跃;昂首阔步
prancingly prancer pranced pranced prancing prances
Noun:
  1. a proud stiff pompous gait

Verb:
  1. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others;

    "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

  2. spring forward on the hind legs;

    "The young horse was prancing in the meadow"

  3. cause (a horse) to bound spring forward

  4. ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The children were prancing about with delight.
      孩子们高兴得蹦蹦跳跳。
    2. Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen.
      珍妮弗阿姨的老虎们腾跃屏风。
    3. The little girl pranced about the room in her new clothes.
      小女孩穿著新衣在屋里雀跃。
    4. That cheeky new secretary just pranced up to me and asked if I worked here!
      那个冒失的新秘书兴冲冲地蹦跳到我跟前,问我是否在这里工作。
    5. Peacocks prance and strut upon the stage.
      而孔雀却在台上昂首表演。