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trot/trɒt/ v. & n.●v. (trotted, trotting) 1 intr. (of a person) run at a moderate pace esp. with short strides (指人)小跑，慢跑 2 intr. (of a horse) proceed at a steady pace faster than a walk lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately (指马)快步，疾走，小跑 3 intr. colloq. walk or go [口]走，行走 4 tr. cause (a horse or person) to trot 使(马或人)小跑 5 tr. traverse (a distance) at a trot 小跑着穿越(一段路程) ●n. 1 the action or exercise of trotting 小跑，慢跑；散步 proceed at a trot 快步前进; went for a trot 去小跑一会儿 2 (the trots) slang an attack of diarrhoea [俚语]拉肚子，腹泻 3 a brisk steady movement or occupation 快步，疾走 4 (in pl. 用复数) Austral. colloq. [澳口]a trotting races 驾马车赛 b a meeting for these 驾马车赛会 □ on the trot colloq. [口] 1 continually busy 忙碌不停 kept them on the trot 让他们忙个不停 2 Brit. in succession [英]接连地，连续地 five weeks on the trot 连续五周 □ trot out 1 cause (a horse) to trot to show its paces 使(马)快步跑起来(让人看) 2 colloq. produce or introduce (as if) for inspection and approval, esp. tediously or repeatedly [口] (尤指不厌其烦地)拿出…供人查看并赞扬；炫耀地出示 [Middle English via Old French troter from Romanic & medieval Latin trottare, of Germanic origin] |