单词 | jog-trot |
释义 | jog-trotn.adj.adv. A. n. 1. literal. A jogging trot; a slow regular jerky pace (usually of a horse, or on horseback). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > on foot > pace between walking and running trotc1386 dogtrota1450 jog1611 jog-trot1796 turkey-trot1839 sling-trot1853 fadge1873 shack1881 shog1885 jundy1894 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by speed or gait > [noun] > type(s) of gait > trot trotc1386 trottingc1460 jog1635 succussation1646 jog-trot1796 juba1825 Canterbury trot1830 foxtrot1872 fadge1873 trotlet1879 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) (at cited word) To keep on a jogg-trot; to get on with a slow but regular pace. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 102 They ride..some in a jog-trot. a1863 W. M. Thackeray Denis Duval (1869) ii Madame..rode entirely away from me, saying that she could not afford to go at my clerical jog-trot. 1866 in Engel Nat. Mus. viii. 291 Off they [Palanquin-men] set in a nasty jog-trot, which rattled every bone in my body. 2. figurative. A slow, dull, monotonous, or easy-going progression in any action; a uniform unhurried pace or mode of doing anything, kept up continuously or pertinaciously. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > unhurried quality > an unhurried pace jog-trot1756 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > continuous progress or advance of anything > slow jog-trot1756 a1693 M. Bruce Soul-confirmation (1709) 15 You that keeps only your old Job-troot, and does not mend your pace, you will not wone at Soul-confirmation.] 1756 World 9 Sept. 1158 They contented themselves indeed with going on a jog trot in the common road of application and patience. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton xxxii There was nothing to break the monotonous jog-trot of daily life. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. i. 8 Nor does he [sc. Grimald] ever fall into the worst kind of jog-trot. B. adj. 1. literal. Of the nature of a jog-trot, jogging; adapted for jogging along (quot. 1857). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [adjective] > having specific rate on foot > pace between walking and running shogging1581 jog-trot1797 slingingc1843 turkey-trotting1859 jog-trotting1870 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxix. 204 The stiff jog trot pace of our hack horses. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 9 Pleasant jog-trot roads, running through the great pasture lands. 1885 W. Black White Heather i The jog-trot clatter of the horses' feet. 2. figurative. a. Of action, or manner of acting: Uniform and unhurried; kept up steadily without haste, and without interruption or variation; according to routine; monotonous, humdrum. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > unhurried toomsomea1400 leisurefulc1449 amblinga1470 hooly1513 leisurablea1540 unhasty1590 leisurely1604 slow-paced1610 unprecipitated1698 leisure1708 unhurrieda1774 jog-trot1826 parliamentary1835 hasteless1838 time-taking1839 unhasting1839 slowed-down1905 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking variety humdrum1553 humdrumming1698 humdrummish1731 monotonous1774 samely1799 jog-trot1826 jog-jog1837 jog-trotty1853 same1891 clock-punching1920 monotone1926 samey1929 ho-hum1969 rumdum1973 1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iii. 100 To preach the old Jock-trot Faith and Repentance.] 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 17 Feb. (1939) 109 A regular jog-trot way of busying themselves in public matters. 1877 T. A. Trollope Peep behind Scenes xvii. 228 Numbers..regret that the old jog-trot ways of the old jog-trot days were ever deserted. 1879 J. Hingston Austral. Abroad i. 3 A steady jog-trot trade is now done. b. Of persons: Acting in a jog-trot way; easy-going; keeping up a monotonous routine. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > unhurried > specifically of persons leisurely1613 jog-trot1766 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > routine > acting in a routine way jog-trot1766 routinist1847 groove-going1880 groovy1882 hung up1945 a1693 M. Bruce Soul-confirmation (1709) 16 Your Old Job-troot Curats, and your Old Job-troot Professors.] 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 5 Honest jogg trotmen, who go on smoothly and dully, and write history and politics, and are praised. 1876 F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow II. xii. 191 A steady, jog-trot old fellow, who did his daily task like a horse in a mill. C. adv. At a jog-trot pace. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [adverb] > at a pace between walking and running jog-jogc1780 jog-trot1845 society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [adverb] > at a jogging pace jog-jog1840 jog-trot1845 ajog1879 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. 619 There came a man riding jogtrot through Stratford-at-the-Bow. 1901 N.E.D. at Jog-trot Mod. Dial., Northampt., He got on the old mare and went off jog-trot, about three miles an hour. Derivatives ˈjog-ˈtrot v. (intransitive) to go or move at a jog-trot, literal and figurative (also to jog-trot it). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > go at pace between walking and running shiga1400 shog1530 jog1565 whig1689 fadge1694 dodge1802 shack1833 jog-trot1837 joggle1883 1837 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 42 419/1 He merely desired to keep the even tenor of his way, and jog-trot it through life. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 Feb. 3/2 He..compared..the War Office to a four-wheeled cab that jog-trotted on neither better nor worse year in year out. 1968 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 4 May 4/6 The latest American keep-fit craze—jogging. The idea is to jog-trot for 50 yards, then walk 50 yards and repeat this sequence until you are tired. ˈjog-ˈtrotting adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [adjective] > having specific rate on foot > pace between walking and running shogging1581 jog-trot1797 slingingc1843 turkey-trotting1859 jog-trotting1870 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. viii. 162 To..be driven along the..roads at the Rector's jog-trotting pace. jog-ˈtrottism n. jog-trot principles or practice.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1879 Tinsley's Mag. 24 176 Prosaic, matter-of-fact jog-trottism stands awed. jog-ˈtrotty adj. of a jog-trot character.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking variety humdrum1553 humdrumming1698 humdrummish1731 monotonous1774 samely1799 jog-trot1826 jog-jog1837 jog-trotty1853 same1891 clock-punching1920 monotone1926 samey1929 ho-hum1969 rumdum1973 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xvii. 163 It's rather jog-trotty and humdrum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.adv.1756 |
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