| 单词 | trot |
| 释义 | trot (once / 475 pages) 1vn 2n To trot is move faster than walking, but not quite at a full-out run. You might trot down the street when you hear the ice cream truck coming. People can trot — as they do when they jog or do a slow run — and so can four-legged animals, especially horses. When you see a horse trot, you'll notice that its diagonally opposite legs move together, touching the ground at the same time. Trot is a Middle English word that comes from Old French, troter, "to trot or to go," which in turn has a Germanic root related to the word tread. WORD FAMILYtrot: trots, trotted, trotter, trotting+/trotter: trotters USAGE EXAMPLESOn a recent visit in June, Clark arrived with a black Labrador on a leash trotting beside her. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) He spots a seventh-grader trotting home beneath a bulky backpack. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) Picture a miserable horse trotting through the season finale, a skeleton strapped to its back. Los Angeles Times(Dec 05, 2016) 1 1v ride at a trot Hyper ride horseback ride on horseback 2v run at a moderately swift pace Syn|Hyper clip, jog run move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time 3v cause to trot She trotted the horse home Hyper walk accompany or escort 4n a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together Hypo|Hyper rising trot the rider rises from the saddle every second stride sitting trotthe rider sits still in the saddle gait a horse's manner of moving 5n a slow pace of running 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper jog, lope dogtrot a steady trot like that of a dog locomotion, travel self-propelled movement n a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) Syn|Hyper crib, pony interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language Trot (once / 8736 pages) n WORD FAMILY Trot: Trots USAGE EXAMPLESShe walked the 5K O’Side Turkey Trot the next day with her younger daughter, who is recovering from an injury. Wall Street Journal(Nov 27, 2016) Architects have been commissioned to conduct a study on the cost of adding Nashville artist Red Grooms’ Tennessee Fox Trot Carousel to grounds. Washington Times(Sep 22, 2016) The announcement was mocked widely online, with jokes about "Tiny Trots" and "Child Labour". BBC(Sep 21, 2016) n radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution Syn|Hyper Trotskyist, Trotskyite radical a person who has radical ideas or opinions |
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