verb
1trotted, trotting
- (of a horse or other quadruped) proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately（马等四足动物）快步, 疾走, 小跑。
1.1
- with obj. cause (a horse) to move at such a pace使（马）小跑：
he trotted his horse forward.
他骑着马向前小跑。
1.2
- no obj., with adverbial of direction(of a person) run at a moderate pace, typically with short steps（人）小跑, 慢跑, 快走。
1.3
- no obj., with adverbial of direction informal go or walk briskly〈非正式〉快步走, 轻快地走：
I may trot round to Portobello market for vegetables.
我也许会跑去波特贝洛市场买点蔬菜。
1
- a trotting pace快步（或疾走、小跑）的步速：
our horses slowed to a trot.
我们的坐骑放慢了速度, 改成小跑步。
1.1
- an act or period of trotting快步, 疾走, 小跑：
you might like an early morning trot round the crew deck.
你可能喜欢一大早在船员甲板上慢跑。
1.2
- usu. with adj. informal, chiefly Austral./NZ a period of luck, especially of a specified kind〈非正式, 主澳/新西兰〉交运：
you expect the odd bad trot.
你会撞上奇怪的霉运。
1.3
the trots
Austral./NZ informal trotting races〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉快步马驾车赛：she was taking me to the trots.
她正带我参加快步马驾车赛。
2
the trots
informal diarrhoea〈非正式〉拉肚子, 腹泻：a bad case of the trots.
重度腹泻。
短语
on the trot
informal <非正式>
1
- Brit. 〈英〉in succession连续, 接连：
they lost seven matches on the trot.
他们连输七局。
2
- continually busy不停地忙碌：
I've been on the trot all day.
我整天都在不停地忙碌。
词源
Middle English: from Old French trot (noun), troter (verb), from medieval Latin trottare, of Germanic origin.
短语动词
trot something out
1
- informal produce the same information, story, or explanation that has been produced many times before〈非正式〉重弹老调：
everyone trots out the old excuse.
人人都拿出那个老借口来做挡箭牌。
2
- cause a horse to trot to show its paces使马快步跑以看其步子。