jog

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jog1 /dʒɒɡ $ dʒɑːɡ/ ●●○ verb (jogged, jogging)  1  [intransitive]DSORUN to run slowly and steadily, especially as a way of exercising 慢跑〔尤作为锻炼〕 I go jogging every morning. 我每天早晨都去慢跑。► see thesaurus at run →4  See picture of 见图 jog2  [transitive]PUSH to knock or push something lightly by mistake 〔非故意地〕轻碰，轻推 SYN bump You jogged my elbow. 你碰到了我的胳膊肘。3  jog somebody’s memory to make someone remember something 唤起某人的记忆 Perhaps this photo will help to jog your memory. 也许这张照片能唤起你的回忆。4 jog along phrasal verb informal USUALLYto continue in the same way as usual 如常进行，照旧继续 We were jogging along comfortably and enjoying our work. 工作得很愉快。→ See Verb table

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jog• Stress incontinence occurs when you wet yourself when you cough, laugh, bend over or go jogging.• When I lived in Washington, I jogged along the river every morning.• There was a lady jogging down by the water with her dog.• The thing I try to do in that situation is flick my bat and start jogging down the line.• I accidentally jogged her elbow.• He jogged rapidly keeping close to the hedgerows and avoiding the open fields.• So jogs the day; & I am happy.• Many people in the West have been asking how it can best jog things along.• Have you been jogging this morning?• Kathy and her husband jog together every morning.• He was walking down the road toward me, as I was jogging toward him.go jogging• There was too much rain to go jogging.• Stress incontinence occurs when you wet yourself when you cough, laugh, bend over or go jogging.• I suppose you go jogging together?• Bush went jogging with his pregnant daughter Doro in Houston at dawn.• A friend wishes to go jogging with you.

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jog2 noun [singular]  1  DSORUNa slow steady run, especially done as a way of exercising 〔尤指为锻炼身体而进行的〕慢跑 He set off along the riverbank at a jog. 他开始沿着河岸慢跑。 Mike goes for a two-mile jog every morning. 迈克每天早上慢跑两英里。2. PUSHa light knock or push done by accident 〔意外的〕轻碰，轻推

Examples from the Corpus

jog• Jogging is the only sport both Dave and I enjoy.• It's surprising how many joggers you see in the park in the mornings.• I always feel better after a jog around the park.• The first jog round the block got his heart racing and gave him an appetite.• On his jog around 41, he stopped and told people like Strauss and Gutfreund how well the deal had gone.• Rowell incorporated photography into his morning jogs, and his feats have proved a cut above ever since.• Do 20 walking jogs on the spot, raising your arms up and down at the sides. 13-14.• Do 20 walking jogs, raising the arms up and down.Then jog properly for as long as possible.Origin jog1 (1500-1600) Probably from shog “to shake, push” ((14-19 centuries))

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jog¹ /dʒɒɡ $ dʒɑːɡ/ verb (past tense and past participle jogged, present participle jogging)
1. [intransitive] to run slowly and steadily, especially as a way of exercising:
    I go jogging every morning.
2. [transitive] to knock or push something lightly by mistake
   SYN  bump:
    You jogged my elbow.
3. jog sb’s memory to make someone remember something:
    Perhaps this photo will help to jog your memory.
     
jog along phrasal verb informal
  to continue in the same way as usual:
    We were jogging along comfortably and enjoying our work.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk: My five-year-old son runs everywhere. | I go running twice a week.
   ▪ jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance: A few people were jogging in the park.
   ▪ race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently: He dashed across the road to the police station. | We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
   ▪ sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance: I saw the runners sprinting past. | He sprinted up the stairs.
   ▪ tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry: He tore down the street and around the corner.
   ▪ charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way: They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock. | Dennis charged through the door into my office.
   ▪ take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid: The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
   ▪ leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something: I legged it before the cops came.
   ▪ lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs: John loped across the street to meet me.

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jog² noun [singular]
1. a slow steady run, especially done as a way of exercising:
    He set off along the riverbank at a jog.
    Mike goes for a two-mile jog every morning.
2. a light knock or push done by accident