run /rʌn/ I. vi. & vt.(ran, run) 1. 跑：Betty runs to her room.贝蒂奔向她的房间。 2. 延伸，穿越，通往：The road runs for many miles by the sea. 这条路沿着海边延伸好些英里。3. 流，淌：The boy fell to the ground and blood ran down his nose. 他跌倒在地，血从他的鼻子流了出来。 The river was running very slowly.河水流得很慢。 4. (交通工具)行驶，往来：That train runs between Guangzhou and Wuhan. 那列火车在广州和武汉之间运行。 5. 管理，使运转：Are you the man who runs this shop? 你就是开这家商店的人吗? 6. 使滑动，使移动；开动： run the car into a ditch 把车开到沟里去了 7. 载送，运送：run sb. to the station 用汽车把某人送到车站 8.用于短语动词 run across 穿过，穿越;偶然碰到：He ran across the fields.他跑过田野。One day she happened to run across Xiao Liu.有一天她碰巧遇到小刘了。run after 追赶：Suddenly he heard someone running after him. 突然他听到有人在追赶他。run away 跑掉：The young man ran away quickly.那年青人迅速跑开了。run away with (感情等)战胜，不受…约束：He let his anger run away with him. 他气得控制不住自己。My tongue ran away with me. 我留不住话。run down 说…坏话，贬低；减少，缩减：She’s always running her husband down in public.她总是在公众场合贬低她丈夫。The farm labour force is running down steadily.农村劳动力一直在减少。run into 遇到(困难等)；偶然遇见；和…相撞；共计，达到…的数字: run into trouble (financial difficulties) 遇到麻烦(财政困难) I ran into him now and then. 我偶尔能碰到他。Joe lost control of his bike and ran into a tree. 乔的自行车失去控制撞到了一棵树上。It ran into hundreds of pounds. 总数达到几百英镑。run off 跑开，赶走：We would throw stones at the window and then run off.我们通常用石头砸窗户然后赶紧跑开。We had to run the cows off the field before we could play football.我们得先把牛赶出场地然后才能踢足球。run off with sb. or sth.私奔；偷走：Her first husband ran off with his secretary.她第一个丈夫与自己的秘书私奔了。He ran off with half the company’s funds.他把公司的一半资金偷偷地带走了。run out 用完：His money has run out. 他的钱用完了。run out of 用完：Two weeks passed they ran out of money. 两周过去了，他们的钱用完了。run over 轧过,碾过：be run over by a car 被汽车轧了 run riot无拘无束；撒野（见riot条）run through 贯穿，普遍存在；浏览：run through the letter 浏览这封信 A feeling of sadness runs through his poetry. 悲伤情感贯穿他的诗歌。run to找某人帮忙；达到一个大数字：I’m thirty-one - I can’t keep running to my parents every time something goes wrong.我三十一了，不能够一遇到麻烦就去找父母了。A meal with wine might run to ￡60 a head.带酒的一顿饭菜可能每人要花费60镑。run up 跑向某人；造成（债务、赤字等）：She ran up to me and put this package in my hands.她跑到我这里把这个包裹放到我手上。He ran up a lot of debts while he was unemployed.失业期间他欠下了 很多债务。 run up against 遭遇（困难、反对等）：The community scheme has run up against local opposition.社区计划遭遇到地方的反对。‖II. link v.变成: The river was beginning to run dry.河水开始干涸起来。 ‖III. n. 用于习语in the long(short) run从长远（短期）着眼：It seems a lot of effort but I’m sure it’s the best solution in the long run.看起来很费劲，但我确信，从长计议这是最好的解决办法。It’s not a long term solution, but it will save money in the short run.这不是个长远之策，但眼下能够节省点资金。on the run 在匆匆地去某处的时候：I eat breakfast on the run if I’m late for work.如果我上班要迟到了，就在路上匆匆吃早饭。
runner n.赛跑的人
runway /ˈrʌnwei/ n. ［c］1.(机场)跑道：runway aircraft冲出跑道的飞机；runway altitude机场标高The plane takes off and lands on the runway. 飞机在跑道上降落和起飞。 2. 滑道；河槽，河道：runway of needle针槽
