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tantivy

/tan-tiv-ee/US // tænˈtɪv i //UK // (tænˈtɪvɪ) //

谭提维,天天向上

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : at full gallop: to ride tantivy.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : swift; rapid.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tan·tiv·ies.

    • : a gallop; rush.
interj.感叹词 interjection
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    Examples

    • The wild tantivy boy had vanished, and the sobriquet of "Tavern Knight" was fast becoming a misnomer.

    • In the common-room one day sat as merry a company of carousers as ever gladdened the soul of an old tantivy boy.

    • Is it strange that I became known as the wildest tantivy boy that rode with the King?

    • The schooner “Tantivy” of this port went ashore on Kessingland beach during a dense snowstorm.

    • He was a Tory of the highest sort, such as in the cant of his age was called a Tantivy.

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