gait
A manner of walking or steppingA manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
» Tom broke his gait.
Значение
значений: 4A manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
Carrying a heavy suitcase, he had a lopsided gait.
Gang, Gangart, Gangweise
похо́дкаpoxódka, по́ступьpóstupʹ, ходьба́xodʹbá
похі́дpoxíd, похода́poxodá, похо́даpoxóda
a person's manner of walking
One of the distinct patterns of locomotion exhibited by a horse, occurring either naturally or as a result of training.
(Британия, диалектное)A sheaf of corn.
(Британия, диалектное)A charge for pasturage.
Примеры
предложений: 17Tom broke his gait.
Tom insisted he hadn't been drinking, but his slurred speech and unsteady gait gave him away.
Том настаивал, что не пил, но невнятная речь и нетвердая походка выдавали его.
deTom behauptete steif und fest, er habe nichts getrunken, aber sein Lallen und Schwanken verrieten ihn.
The old man's gait is wonky.
He matched his gait to his companion's.
He has the gait of a duck.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
По значениям 2
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, streFrom a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.
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Формы
мн. число: gaitsСинонимы
синонимов: 2- the rate of moving (especially walking or running):pace