| 释义 |
run dry1(Of a well or river) cease to flow or have any water.The phrase about not missing water until your river runs dry has never felt so apt....- Traffic gridlock is commonplace, air pollution levels are soaring and, most alarmingly, the thirst for water means the mighty Colorado River is increasingly running dry.
- And last month, more than half of France's 95 local government regions introduced water rationing as rivers began to run dry in the most serious drought to strike the country for 25 years.
1.1(Of a source or supply) be completely used up: municipal relief funds had long since run dry...- With gas supplies to Ireland from current sources expected to run dry by 2004, the government is anxious for one or more of these projects to get under way.
- But sometimes, even my goodwill supply runs dry.
- Extra ale had to be drafted in on Saturday morning for the Campaign for Real Ale's three-day event in the Coronation Hall to make sure supplies did not run dry.
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