trotting
小步跑,小步走,小跑,小步快跑
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Definitions
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trot·ted, trot·ting.
- : to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.
- : to go at a quick, steady pace; move briskly; bustle; hurry.
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trot·ted, trot·ting.
- : to cause to trot.
- : to ride at a trot.
- : to lead at a trot.
- : to travel over by trotting: to spend the day trotting the country byways.
- : to execute by trotting.
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- : the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- : the sound made by an animal when trotting.
- : the jogging gait of a human being, between a walk and a run.
- : Harness Racing. a race for trotters.
- : brisk, continuous movement or activity: I've been on the trot all afternoon.
- : Archaic: Disparaging. an old woman.
- : Slang. a literal translation used illicitly in doing schoolwork; crib; pony.
- : the trots, Informal. diarrhea.
- : Informal. a toddling child.
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- : trot out, Informal. to bring forward for inspection.to bring to the attention of; introduce; submit: He trots out his old jokes at every party.
Phrases
- trot out
- hot to trot
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Blumenthal, a courtly gentleman of 68 in a perfectly crisp blue shirt, gets laughs by trotting out his rudimentary Spanish.
Years before picking up a bow, Yasin was a globe-trotting fashion model in his 20s.
The old men of the NFL are trotting out the same tired arguments the codgers in the Pentagon got away with for years.
Based on my input, the next stop on my globe-trotting itinerary should be…Vermont!
Though Crane said he kept both lawyers from “trotting out the issue of race,” it remained “a 900-pound gorilla in the background.”
A white horse, drawing a buggy, was trotting along the road by the side of the cornfield.
High overhead a lark was pouring out its song; in the lane at the orchard end rang the beat of trotting hoofs.
He came trotting up to the suit case which Marie had spread wide open on the bed, stood up on his tippy toes, and peered in.
After his failure at Castlemaine, Perrott said that the work of ‘trotting the mountains’ was not suited to English soldiers.
Trotting, prancing, and snorting as they came down the lane, they settled down once they were in the stable lot.