/trɒt; trɑt/
v (-tt-)
1 (a) [I, Ipr, Ip] (of a horse or its rider) move at a pace faster than a walk but slower than a gallop （指马或骑马者）小跑.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ride (a horse) at such a pace 骑（马）小跑.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
(a) (of a person) run with short steps （指人）小步快跑
*The child was trotting along beside its parents. 那孩子小跑着跟在父母身边.
(b) (infml 口) walk or go (usu at a normal pace) 步行, 走（通常指正常速度）
*I'm just trotting round to the pub. 我现在要到酒店那儿去.=>Usage at run1 用法见run1.
3 (phr v) trot sth out (infml derog 口, 贬) produce (esp information, explanations, etc often given before) for sb to hear or see 让某人听或看（尤指信息、解说性的事物等, 常指提供过的）
*He always trots out the same old excuses for being late. 他每次迟到总是重复那一套藉口.

n
1 [sing] trotting pace 小跑; 小步快跑
*go at a steady trot 一路小跑.
2 [C] period of trotting 小跑的一段时间
*go for a trot 去小跑一阵.
3 the trots [pl] (sl 俚) diarrhoea 腹泻
*get the trots 拉肚子.
4 (idm 习语) on the `trot (infml 口)
(a) one after the other 一个接一个; 接连
*for eight hours on the trot 一连八个小时.
(b) continually busy 忙忙碌碌
*I've been on the trot all day. 我忙了一整天.
* Her new job certainly keeps her on the trot. 她的新工作把她忙得不可开交.