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running

/ruhn-ing/US // ˈrʌn ɪŋ //UK // (ˈrʌnɪŋ) //

运行,运转,跑步,运行中

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
    • : managing or directing: the running of a business.
    • : an act or instance of racing: the 113th running of the Kentucky Derby.
    • : the condition of a track or surface to be run or raced on: Our track team had muddy running today.
    • : the amount, quality, or type of a liquid flow.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : galloping, racing, moving, or passing rapidly.
    • : going or proceeding rapidly at the gait of a gallop.taught to proceed at a gallop.
    • : creeping or climbing, as plants: a running vine.
    • : moving or proceeding easily or smoothly.
    • : moving when pulled or hauled, as a rope.
    • : slipping or sliding easily, as a knot or a noose.
    • : operating or functioning, as a machine.
    • : linear; straight-line.
    • : cursive, as handwriting.
    • : flowing, as a stream.
    • : liquid or fluid.
    • : present; current: the running month.
    • : prevalent, as a condition or state: running prices.
    • : going or carried on continuously; sustained: a running commentary.
    • : extending or repeated continuously: a running pattern.
    • : performed with or during a run: a running leap.
    • : discharging pus or other matter: a running sore.
    • : Nautical. noting any of various objects or assemblages of objects that may be moved in ordinary use: running bowsprit;running gaff.
    • : Nautical, Machinery. noting any block of a tackle that moves.noting the part of the fall of a tackle that moves through the blocks.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in succession; consecutively: He slept badly for three nights running.

Phrases

  • running on empty
  • running start
  • hit the ground running
  • in the running
  • meter is running
  • off and running

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.continuous, flowing, operating

Examples

  • He’ll likely use more Cover-3 than Cover-1 this time in an effort to limit big pass plays, but because of Hill’s speed and constantly improving route-running, it’s almost impossible to keep him under 100 yards in a big game.

  • Here in Santa Fe, my favorite running routes often have frozen northern aspects and completely dry southern ones.

  • The Chiefs could use an effective running game to take some pressure off their injury-ravaged offensive line in pass protection.

  • Wright played in the league from 2004-10 as a running back for the Falcons, Browns and Cardinals, serving as the Cardinals' union rep during the 2011 lockout before retiring.

  • This year is the 59th running of a race that has become, unofficially at least, the start of the year's racing season for many.

  • The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.

  • Several Republicans won primaries in 2014 by running as ideologically pure conservatives who wanted new leadership in the House.

  • But the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president.

  • AIDS insanity:  When running for the US Senate in 1992, Huckabee called for a quarantine of people who had AIDS.

  • A running joke inside the tribe is that the group is like that club with a hundred people waiting outside to get in.

  • There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.

  • The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.

  • Father Gaspara was about to ask another question, when Ramona appeared in the doorway, flushed with running.

  • After the Reserve Banks have been in operation long enough to be running smoothly, not a few branches will doubtless be organized.

  • The fire along the three miles front is like the rumble of an express train running over fog signals.