单词 | to run on fumes |
释义 | > as lemmasto run on fumes (a) to run on fumes: = to run on empty at Phrases 3m(b). ΚΠ 1955 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 15 July 13/1 I'm awful tickled to be on the ground—we were running on fumes as far as gas was concerned. 1971 A. H. Pellegreno World Flight 135 The route to Darwin lay over open water, approximately 500 miles of it, a distance that would have left the engines running on fumes had we not stopped at Kupang. 1989 Spin July 84/1 That's why they feel tapped-out when they wake up after crashing: they've been running on fumes for days. 2004 S. E. Phillips Ain't she Sweet? (2005) i. 3 She checked the gas gauge. She was running on fumes. < as lemmas |
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