c. 1300, gate "a going or walking, departure, journey," earlier "way, road, path" (c. 1200), from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gata "way, road, path"), from Proto-Germanic *gatwon "a going" (cognates: Old High German gazza "street," German Gasse "a way, road," Gothic gatwo), perhaps from PIE *ghe- "to release, let go." Meaning "manner of walking, carriage of the body while walking" is from mid-15c. Modern spelling developed before 1750, originally in Scottish. Related: Gaited.
实用例句
1. Burns is a big lad with a rolling gait.
伯恩斯是一个走起路来一摇一晃的高大小伙子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. His gangling, awkward gait has earned him the name Spiderman.
