| 单词 | to run out of track |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run out of track d. to run out of road: (of a car, driver, etc.) to be unable to avoid passing beyond the end or edge of the roadway (typically through failing to brake sufficiently or to turn into a bend). Also figurative. Similarly to run out of track, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (intransitive)] > suffer an accident > specific type jackknife1886 to run out of road1922 pile1942 underrun1972 1922 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 28 Aug. 1/4 When the driver of the Ford attempted to get around another car ahead of him he ran out of road, and the fast travelling Henry toppled down over the bank. 1948 Palm Beach (Florida) Post 26 Jan. 12/4 He was parked in a roadway directly in front of the locomotive when it ran out of track and plowed through steel bumpers. 1953 Pop. Mech. Apr. 242/2 Ask Mr. Graves how many 327-cubic-inch Packards have run out of road trying to chase a little..MG through a few good corners. 1970 Listener 19 Nov. 710/3 The real-life situation of the superstar simply running out of road gives the work a clearly recognisable integrity of plot. 1975 I. S. Black Man on Bridge xii. 170 Munro..drove till he ran out of track. 2006 Lynn News & Advertiser (Nexis) 13 June The team ran out of road on a tight downhill right hand bend. < as lemmas |
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