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单词 runlet
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runletn.

Brit. /ˈrʌnlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈrənlət/
Forms: 1600s rundlett, 1600s– runlet, 1700s runlett.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: run n.2, -let suffix.
Etymology: < run n.2 + -let suffix. Compare earlier run n.2 24b, runnel n.1With the form rundlett compare rundle n.2, although it is possible that the intrusive d may show an independent development in this word.
A little stream; a runnel. Cf. run n.2 24b.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > watercourse or channel
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > rivulet or runnel
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1630 in Compact with Charter & Laws of Colony of New Plymouth (1836) i. 22 A certaine rivolet or rundlett there commonly called Coahassett alias Conahassett.
1647 Mercurius Melancholicus 16–23 Oct. 58 To have the over-flowing Runlets of our reeking bloud forced backe into their proper channels.
1661 Princess Cloria iv. 414 That which gave the greatest beauty to the place was, many runlets of water distilling from the stones.
1755 Parish Accts. in C. Wordsworth Rutland Words (1891) (at cited word) Paid..for two days Work at scowring Wire Lane Runlett, 20 June,..1s. 6d.
1791 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 794/2 The road continues pretty straight over a small runlet of water, over which is a foot-bridge.
1801 ‘P. Pindar’ Tears & Smiles 90 The runlet that murmurs away, [seems] To wind with a murmur of woe.
1874 J. A. Symonds Sketches Italy & Greece (1898) I. v. 84 We found a well,..a runlet flowing from it down the rocky steps.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. iii. 32 Drops of water..seep through porous surfaces and sink..into runlets, which are added up into streams.
1963 M. Samuel Little did I Know 321 In the north the narrow runlet of the Nile asserts itself against the withering hostility of the desert.
2009 Western Morning News (Nexis) 2 Oct. 8 There are tiny rivulets and runlets everywhere in a wide expanse of bog.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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