gait

歩き方、歩容

人や動物が歩いたり、脚を使って移動したりする仕方。

やさしい英語で： The way a person or animal walks or moves on its legs.

• He walked with an unsteady gait.
• Her confident gait made her easy to recognise.
• The doctor checked whether his gait had changed.

類義語： walk, stride

よく使う表現： unsteady gait, slow gait, normal gait

歩法

常歩、速歩、襲歩など、馬が脚を動かして進む方法の一つ。

やさしい英語で： One of the ways a horse moves its legs, such as walking, trotting, or galloping.

• The horse changed its gait.
• A trot is a faster gait than a walk.
• The rider practised moving smoothly between different gaits.

類義語： pace

よく使う表現： natural gait, horse’s gait, change gait

馬に歩法を教える

特定の脚の運び方で進むように馬を訓練する。

やさしい英語で： To train a horse to move its legs in a particular way.

• She knows how to gait a horse.
• The trainer gaited the mare for a smoother ride.
• They hired an expert to gait their young horses.

使い方： gait a horse (The trainer gaits young horses for comfortable riding.)

よく使う表現： gait a horse, gait the pony