词汇 | on the trot |
释义 | Idiom on the trot British & Australian 1. if you do several things on the trot, you do them one after the other. It's been a good year for Britain's top player, who has won seven matches on the trot. 2. (British & Australian) if you do something for a number of days, hours, years etc. on the trot, you do it for that amount of time without stopping. He'd worked 48 hours on the trot and was totally exhausted. on the trot1. In quick succession, one after another. Primarily heard in UK. Relatively unknown in the boxing world until just a few years ago, he has won three world championship titles on the trot since 2016. 2. Consecutively over a certain period of time. Primarily heard in UK. Our team has been working for 23 days on the trot to get this product ready for its retail launch. on the trotBRITISH, INFORMALCOMMON If something happens several times on the trot, it happens that number of times without a break. It was their fifth win on the trot, a club record. She had worked 13 days on the trot before the accident. on the trot1 in succession. 2 continually busy. British informalon the ˈtrot(British English, informal) one after the other: The bus has been late for five days on the trot. |
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