3[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] informalGO to walk or go somewhere, especially fairly quickly 〔尤指较快地〕走,去
He trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later, holding a parcel.
他跑掉了,几分钟以后又拿着一个包裹回来了。
4trot something ↔ outphrasal verbphr v informalSAY/STATEto give opinions, excuses, reasons etc that you have used too many times and that do not seem sincere 重复,翻出〔老一套的观点、借口、理由等〕
Steve trotted out the same old excuses.
史蒂夫又搬出那些老套的借口。
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trot out• It always annoys me so much the way you girlstrot it out like you're saying something so astute and revealing.• When you first trot these out, you may find that to your ears they sound artificial and contrived.
a)[singular]DSHRUN the movement of a horse at trotting speed 小跑
Our horses slowed to a trot.
我们的马减速慢跑。
b)[countableC]DSH a ride on a horse at trotting speed 骑马小跑
2on the trotBritish EnglishBrE informal
a)SERIESone directly following another 连续地,一个接一个地
The class has been cancelled three weeks on the trot now.
到现在,这门课程已连续三周被取消。
b)BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DObusy doing something 忙忙碌碌,马不停蹄地忙SYN on the go
I’ve been on the trot all day.
我一整天都在忙个不停。
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on the trot• They may well crackaltogether if Blackburn could win 3 or 4 games on the trot.• What about the 10 superb games he had on the trot recently?• Ballet Imaginaire sold out three nights on the trot in Lincoln.• In those days all the cutters were laid up on the trot piles in the river Hamble during the wintermonths.• But Schuey was in top form and the triple world beater always looked odds-on to score his fifth win on the trot.• David Rennie earned Birmingham their fourth win on the trot with his first goal for the club.• We need to catch up 4 points. 4 wins on the trot will put us on course.
3slow run 慢跑 [singular]RUN a fairly slow way of running in which you take short regular steps 慢跑,小步跑
She broke into a trot (=started running slowly) and hurried on ahead of us.
她突然小跑起来,赶到我们前头。
4.students’ answers 学生的答案 [countableC]American EnglishAmETCN a book of notes or answers used by students, especially to cheat in tests 〔尤用于学生作弊的〕笔记,答案SYN crib
trot• Washington shuffles back to his bucket in almost a trot.• Without waiting to find out what it meant, she broke into a trot and hurried on round the next corner.• With a click, the horse started into a trot.• I start out at a brisktrot.• He had arrived from Minneapolis in a linensuit and had a bad case of the trots.• They may well crackaltogether if Blackburn could win 3 or 4 games on the trot.• What about the 10 superb games he had on the trot recently?• But Schuey was in top form and the triple world beater always looked odds-on to score his fifth win on the trot.
broke into a trot• I walked briskly one block over to Cabana, the wideboulevard that parallels the beach, and broke into a trot.• He broke into a trot and the three surprised young men did likewise, aware that something must have gone wrong.• He broke into a trot as he headed up the path to the staff-cabins.• Without waiting to find out what it meant, she broke into a trot and hurried on round the next corner.• The town was very quiet and once on land, they broke into a trot.• They broke into a trot and found Mary standing in the middle of a thicket.• Looking forward to Joyce he too broke into a trot.• As soon as we saw the ice-cream truck, we broke into a trot.