单词 | to run rough |
释义 | > as lemmasto run rough P7. to run rough: (of a vehicle, engine, etc.) to operate irregularly and excessively loudly. ΚΠ 1879 Return Accidents Railway Companies U.K. in Parl. Papers 1878–9 LXII. 132 I felt a jerk, and the train began to run rough, the speed being then between 20 and 30 miles an hour. 1914 Automobile Operation 10 in Internat. Libr. of Technol. II The engine will run rough, that is, irregular; but as it becomes warm it will settle down to steady running. 1978 J. Gardner Dancing Dodo xxxviii. 308 The port engine faltered... She had started to run rough. 1997 J. Evanovich Three to get Deadly 247 I..noticed the Nissan was running rough at idle. Two blocks later it backfired and stalled. 2005 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Auto Sat.) 2 The engine is now very hard to start and runs rough with a lot of smoke coming from the tailpipe. < as lemmas |
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