vt. (使)大步慢跑

vi. (使)大步慢跑

n. 大步慢跑

Lope \Lope\, imp.
of {Leap}. [Obs.]

And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.


Lope \Lope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Loping}.] [See {Leap}.]
1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] ``He that lopes on the
ropes.'' --Middleton.

2. To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.
[U.S.]

3. To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people.
[PJC]


Lope \Lope\, n.
1. A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]

2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
[U.S.]

The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal
lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy
as the motions of a cradle. --T. B.
Thorpe.