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单词 jog-trot
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jog-trotn.adj.adv.

Brit. /ˈdʒɒɡtrɒt/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑɡˌtrɑt/
Etymology: < jog v. or jog n.1 + trot n.1: compare quot. 1645 at jog v. 4b.The Scots job-trot, jock-trot, are earlier, and possibly distinct in origin.
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).
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