canter

詳細解釋：

can.ter

n.（名詞）
A smooth gait, especially of a horse, that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
慢跑：（尤其是馬的）一陣平穩的慢跑，比疾跑慢而比快走快
v.（動詞）
can.tered,can.ter.ing,can.ters
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To ride a horse at a canter.
騎馬慢跑
To go or move at a canter.
慢跑：以慢跑前去或移動
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To cause (a horse) to go at a canter.
使（一匹馬）慢跑

來源：
Ultimately from phrases such as Canterbury gallop
最終源自片語，如 Canterbury gallop
after Canterbury [England, toward which pilgrims rode at an easy pace]
源自 Canterbury[英國的一個地方，朝聖者以舒緩的速度騎馬去該地]

<注釋>Most of those who have majored in English literature,and many more besides,know that Chaucer`sCanterbury Tales were told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury to visit the shrine of England`s famous martyr Thomas à Becket.Many pilgrims other than Chaucer`s visited Canterbury on horse,and phrases such asCanterbury gallop, Canterbury pace, and Canterbury trot described the easy gait at which they rode to their destination. The first recorded instance of one of these phrases,Canterbury pace, is found in a work published before '3'. However, in a work written in '3 we find a shortened form,the nounCanterbury, meaning .a canter,. and later, in '73,the verbCanterbury, meaning .to canter.. This verb, or perhaps the noun,was further shortened, giving us the verbcanter, first recorded in 70',and the nouncanter, first recorded in 755.
專業是英文文學史的絕大多數人，還有許多其他的人，都知道喬叟的 坎特伯雷故事集 是由一群朝聖者在坎特伯雷的路上講述的， 他們去那裡是為了瞻仰英格蘭著名的殉道士托馬斯· 貝科特的神殿。除了喬叟筆下的這些朝聖者外的許多其他朝聖者也騎著馬前去。一些短語，例如Canterbury gallop，Canterbury pace 和 Canterbury trot 描述了這些朝聖者在騎往他們的目的地時的緩和步態。 這些短語最早見於記錄的例子Canterbury pace 發現於'3'年之前出版的一部著作中。 然而，在寫於'3年的一部著作中我們找到了一個縮略的形式，名詞Canterbuty， 意即.慢跑.； 後來在'73年，又有了動詞Canterbury, 意為.慢跑。. 這一動詞，或者也許是這個名詞，後來又被進一步縮寫成canter, 該動詞最早被記錄於70'年，而名詞canter 則被最早記錄於755年