[no obj., with adverbial of direction]run or move with a long bounding stride 大步慢跑 the dog was loping along by his side. 狗跟在他旁边大步慢跑。 [as adj. loping]a loping stride. 大踏步走。
noun
[in sing.]a long bounding stride 大踏步走 they set off at a fast lope. 他们大踏步出发了。
语源
Middle English: variant of Scots loup, from Old Norse hlaupa 'leap'