n.

1. （馬等的）小跑，快步[S]
   We set off at a trot.

   我們策馬快步出發。

2. （人的）慢跑，急行[S]
   He broke into a trot.

   他突然小跑起來。

3. 【口】學步的小孩；【貶】老太婆[C]
4. 【美】【俚】瀉肚子[the P]
   have the trots

   拉肚子

5. 【美】【俚】（學生）作弊夾帶的外文直譯本[C]
   A lazy student can dispense with the original and use the English text as a trot.

   懶學生可以把原文拋在一邊而用英文直譯本。

vi.

1. （馬等）小跑；（人）騎馬小跑
   The horses trotted around the circus ring.

   馬繞著馬戲場小跑。

2. （人）慢跑，急行
   The small boy trotted along after his brother.

   小男孩跟在哥哥後面快步往前走。

3. 【口】走[（+away/off/along）]
   Well, I must be trotting off home.

   嗯，我得回家去了。

vt.

1. 使小跑
   The driver trotted his horse down the road.

   馬夫趕著他的馬沿大路小跑起來。

2. 帶領，陪伴
   My father used to trot me down for a visit.

   我父親過去常帶我去作客。

3. 【口】老是提出；炫耀地出示[（+out）]
   Charles trotted out his little bit of scientific nomenclature.

   查理斯炫耀他那點科學名詞。

v.

1. (of a horse or other quadruped) proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately.
2. (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps.
   ▸informal go or walk briskly.
3. (trot something out) informal produce the same account that has been produced many times before.

n.

1. a trotting pace.
   ▸an act or period of trotting.
2. (the trots) informal diarrhoea.
3. Austral./NZ informal a period of luck of a specified kind.