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| 1 | singular the speed of a horse or other animal when it moves more quickly than when walking but does not run （马等动物的）小跑，慢跑 | The horse slowed to a trot. 那匹马放慢速度，小跑起来。 | | | 1a | C a ride on a horse that is trotting 策马小跑 | | a trot around the park 策马环公园小跑 | | |
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| 2 | singular the speed of someone walking with short quick steps 小步跑；疾走；快步 | He set off at a trot. 他小跑着出发了。 | | break into a trot (=start walking faster so that you are trotting) When he saw us, he broke into a brisk trot. 开始小跑起来 | |
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| 3 | trot C BRITISH informal an insulting word for someone with left-wing political ideas （侮辱性用语）左倾分子，托派分子 |
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| 4 | C AUSTRALIAN informal a period of time in which you have a particular kind of luck 走运时期；倒霉时期 | Simpson hoped his bad trot was about to end. 辛普森希望这段霉运很快结束。 | |
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| 5 | the trots plural informal diarrhoea |
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| - | on the trot BRITISH informal
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| 1 | one after the other 一个接一个地；接连地 | We’ ve lost five games on the trot. 我们接连输了5场比赛。 | |
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| 2 | busy doing something tiring 忙着做事 | I’ ve been on the trot all morning. 我一上午忙个不停。 | |
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