Word · Frequency #26570
loping
/ləup/
verb
大步慢跑
loping is the present participle of lope.
run easily
- 1.
To travel an easy pace with long strides.
以大步慢跑。
以大步慢跑。;(使)大步慢跑
In use
The dog loped across the field to catch up with us.
She lopes along the beach every morning before work.
We saw them loping through the tall grass in the distance.
Verb forms
base lope · third person lopes · -ing loping · past loped · past participle loped
lope 作动词时意为“轻松地大步跑”,是规则动词。
Common mistakes
He lopeed across the field.He loped across the field.
lope以不发音的e结尾,构成过去式时只需加-d,写成loped;lopeed是过度规则化错误。
The deer ran in a lope through the woods.The deer ran at a lope through the woods.
名词lope常与介词at搭配,构成固定短语at a lope,表示以大步慢跑的速度;受中文“以...方式”影响易误用in。
The road lopes around the mountain.The road loops around the mountain.
lope指人或动物大步慢跑,而loop表示环绕、迂回;两者拼写相近,容易混淆。
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Learner notes
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