runner
n. [體育運動]賽跑者; [棒球]跑壘者,[橄欖球]帶球者; 逃亡者; 送信人,跑腿者
A runner is a person who runs, especially for sport or pleasure.
...a marathon runner...
馬拉松長跑選手
I am a very keen runner and am out training most days.
我非常喜歡跑步,大多數時候都在戶外訓練。
The runners in a horse race are the horses taking part.
There are 18 runners in the top race of the day.
在當天最高階別的賽馬中有18匹馬參加。
A drug runner or gun runner is someone who illegally takes drugs or guns into a country.
Someone who is a runner for a particular person or company is employed to take messages, collect money, or do other small tasks for them.
...a bookie's runner.
賭注經紀人的聽差
Runners are thin strips of wood or metal underneath something which help it to move smoothly.
...the runners of his sled.
他的雪橇的滑板
On a plant, runners are long shoots that grow from the main stem and put down roots to form a new plant.
...strawberry runners.
草莓長匐莖
A runner is a long narrow mat that is put on a piece of furniture or on the floor.
If someone does a runner, they leave a place in a hurry, for example in order to escape arrest or to avoid paying for something.
At this point, the accountant did a runner — with all my bank statements, expenses and receipts.
這個時候,會計溜了——帶走了我所有的銀行結算單、資金和收據。
1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties
2. someone who travels on foot by running
3. a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents;
4. a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
5. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
6. a trained athlete who competes in foot races
7. a long narrow carpet
8. device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
9. fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
do a runner
(英,非正式)(尤指為躲債或逃離某地而)匆忙離開,急忙逃走
After remaining behind the leading runner for most of the race, Jim suddenly passed him and won.
賽跑中的大部分時間裡, 吉姆跑在領先的運動員之後,後來突然超過去,獲得了勝利.
If a good runner like you can't catch up with him, how can I?
你跑得那麼快還趕不上他, 何況我 呢 ?
The young German runner finished a creditable second.
這名年輕的德國賽跑運動員獲得了當之無愧的第二名.
The gun runner has a foot in both camps; he sells arms to both the Arabs and the Israelis.
那個軍火走私者腳踏兩隻船, 同時向阿拉伯人和以色列人出售武器.
I was slowly closing on the runner ahead of me.
我慢慢追上了跑在我前面的人.