trot

US: /ˈtɹɑt/
UK: /tɹˈɒt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


trot /trɔt/
  • danh từ
    • nước kiệu
      • to ride the horse at a steady trot: cưỡi ngựa đi nước kiệu đều
      • to put a horse to the trot: bắt ngựa chạy nước kiệu
    • sự chuyển động nhanh; sự bận rộn
      • to be on the trot: bận, bận rộn
      • to keep someone on the trot: bắt ai làm hết việc này đến việc nọ
    • em bé mới tập đi
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) bản dịch đối chiếu
    • (nghĩa bóng) mụ
      • old trot: mụ già
  • ngoại động từ
    • cho đi nước kiệu, bắt đi nước kiệu
      • to trot a horse: bắt ngựa đi nước kiệu
      • to trot someone off his legs: bắt ai chạy cho mệt lử
    • chạy nước kiệu được
      • to trot two miles: chạy nước kiệu được hai dặm
  • nội động từ
    • đi nước kiệu (ngựa)
    • chạy lóc cóc; chạy lon ton
    • to trot out
      • cho (ngựa) đi diễu
    • (thông tục) trưng bày, khoe, phô trương
      • to trot out one's knowledge: phô trương kiến thức của mình
      • to trot out a new hat: khoe cái mũ mới

Advanced English dictionary


verb, noun
+ verb (-tt-)
1 [V] (of a horse or its rider) to move forward at a speed that is faster than a walk and slower than a CANTER
2 [VN] to ride a horse in this way: She trotted her pony around the field.
3 [V +adv./prep.] (of a person or an animal) to run or walk fast, taking short quick steps: The children trotted into the room.
4 [V +adv./prep.] (informal) to walk or go somewhere: The guide led the way and we trotted along behind him.
Phrasal Verbs: trot sth<->out (informal, disapproving) to give the same excuses, facts, explanations, etc. for sth that have often been used before: They trotted out the same old excuses for the lack of jobs in the area.
+ noun
1 [sing.] a trotting speed, taking short quick steps: The horse slowed to a trot. + The girl broke into a trot and disappeared around the corner.
2 [C] a period of trotting
Idioms: on the trot (BrE, informal)
1 one after the other: They've now won 3 games on the trot.
2 busy all the time: I've been on the trot all day.

Thesaurus dictionary


v.
1 jog, run; bustle, hustle, hurry, hasten, scamper, scoot, Colloq skedaddle:
I trot round the park every morning for exercise. As I need some butter, I'd better trot down to the shop before it closes.
2 trot out. bring out, show, display, exhibit, flaunt, come out with; dredge up, drag out; recite, repeat:
Our neighbour trotted out his new lawnmower for us to admire.
n.
3 jog, lope, single-foot, pace; run:
It was a delight to watch the young horses in a fast trot round the track.
4 translation, gloss, interpretation, crib, Colloq US pony, horse:
He couldn't read Homer without a trot.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

brisk, fast, spanking | gentle

VERB + TROT

break into
When the horses reached the field they broke into a brisk trot.
| slow to

PREP.

at a ~
We set off at a fast trot.
| into a ~
He kicked his horse into a trot.


Concise English dictionary


trotted|trotting|trotstrɑt /trɒt
noun
+a slow pace of running
+radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution
+a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
+a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together
verb
+run at a moderately swift pace
+ride at a trot
+cause to trot