单词 | run off |
释义 | run offWord family nounrunletrunnerrunaboutrunaroundrunawayrunbackrunflatrunner-uprunning costsrunning materunning repairsrunning timerunwayadjectiverunnablerunningrunnyadverbrunninglyverbrun Examples from the Corpus run off at the mouth• That never used to be a fault of his, running off at the mouth.• To what smug labors and running off at the mouth!• Boyd seems to enjoy running off at the mouth to the press. , Geography Votingˈrun-off noun 1. [countableC]PPV a second competition or election that is arranged when there is no clear winner of the first one 〔比赛打平后的〕重赛;〔得票相同者之间的〕决胜选举 → play-off, → run off at run1 2. [uncountableU] technicalSGLIQUID rain or other liquid that flows off the land into rivers 径流,溢流〔指流入河流中的雨水或其他液体〕 Examples from the Corpus run-off• a run-off election• Noir and Dubernard both won the second-round run-offs.• The Piedmontese plain is well watered by the run-off from the Alps.• Rivers have been polluted by chlorine, phenol and detergent, together with run-offs resulting from the over-application of pesticides on farmland. From Longman Business Dictionary run something → off phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT] 1to quickly print several copies of something Can you run off a couple of copies of this report? 2be run off your feet to be very busy → runIt was just before Christmas and all the sales staff were run off their feet. |
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