| 单词 | running time | 
| 释义 | running timen. 1.  Chiefly U.S. = running season n. at running n. Compounds 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > 			[noun]		 > migration > season of running time1658 running season1807 1658    J. Rowland Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts 		(rev. ed.)	 103  				The flesh of these Beasts in their running time smelleth strongly like a Goats. 1806    W. Clark Jrnl. 25 July in  Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. 		(1905)	 V. 294  				Emence herds of Buffalow about..as it is now running time with those animals. 1878    O. S. Fowler Private Lect. Perfect Men, Women & Children  v. ii. 123/1  				Deer, in their running time. 1890    L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 60  				The loud, shrill, snorting whistle peculiar to the buck in ‘running’ time. 1902    Recreation Jan. 54/2  				After running time,..the old bulls leave the band and do not return until spring. 1960    H. S. Arnow Seedtime on Cumberland vi. 126  				Buck running time for the buffalo was in August and September.  2.  Originally U.S.  a.  The scheduled length of time to be taken by a vehicle in the completion of a certain route; the actual time taken in one such journey. ΚΠ 1819    Louisville 		(Kentucky)	 Public Advertiser 28 Apr.  				The Paragon has made her trip to this place in thirteen hours and thirty-three minutes, running time. 1845    Morning Chron. 12 Mar. 6/1  				The running time is calculated at fifty miles an hour. 1897    R. Kipling Captains Courageous ix. 195  				Our runnin' time from San Diego to Chicago was 57.54. 1911    H. S. Harrison Queed xii. 143  				Queed..pulled into supper only three minutes behind running-time. 1939    Pop. Mech. Oct.  a130  				A stop of one minute adds five minutes to the running time of a train. 2009    J. McCommons Waiting on Train vii. 209  				The conductor announced that the running time to Washington was six hours.  b.  The time or a period during which a machine or device is in operation; the total length of time for which a machine or device can operate before needing to be recharged, repaired, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > 			[noun]		 > spell or period of operation running time1854 run1864 machine-hour1921 1854    Mining Mag. Nov.–Dec. 543  				Allowing..12 hours per day running time, the whole number of hours necessary to crush the 1390 tons of rock, was 1248. 1893    Cassier's Mag. Aug. 297/1  				Where the reserve tank I is applicable it will be necessary to charge the outfit only once a day for a running time of ten hours. 1909    Horseless Age 24 Nov. 591/2  				The instrument, in addition to giving the speed..also keeps track of the actual running time of the machine. 1962    D. R. Cox Renewal Theory vii. 80  				Suppose that a machine is subject to stoppages... There is thus an alternating sequence of running-times and repair-times. 2000    D. Bovet  & J. Martha Value Nets v. 121  				GE Medical developed service solutions aimed at maximizing equipment running time for customers.  c.  The actual duration of a performance, film, song, etc., usually excluding any intermissions or interruptions.In current U.S. theatre, the running time usually refers to the whole duration, including any intermissions. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > 			[noun]		 > a performance > time or duration of performance showtime1893 running time1912 play date1915 1912    Drama May 249  				The minor parts are so excessively minor that they might be cut out and reduce the running time of the production by more than an hour. 1948    Life 6 Sept. 71/2  				Dinner intermissions..were necessary because the play had a running time of more than four hours. 1979    Billboard 10 Feb. 36/5  				‘Take Me Home’ is also the main track, and has a running time of 6:47 minutes. 2005    S. Holmes Brit. TV & Film Culture in 1950s viii. 251  				Although the BBC initially refused to cut Picture Parade,..they did reduce its running time.  d.  Computing the length of time taken by the execution of a program or task; cf. run time n. at run n.2 Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1951    Boeing Mag. Feb. 13/3  				With the Boeing electronic analogue computer, however, this problem can be solved in about two hours' running time. 1989    Dr. Dobb's Jrnl. Sept. 16/2  				There are many algorithms for solving search problems, each with different running time characteristics and data space requirements. 2008    Jrnl. Technol. & Sci. 		(Nexis)	 28 Feb. 1340  				Here we..present new optimizations that yield strong improvements in both running time and memory consumption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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