单词 | run out |
释义 | run out run out — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE running, PAST TENSE ran, PAST PARTICIPLE run) B1 to finish, use, or sell all of something, so that there is none left: » I've run out of milk/money/ideas/patience.» "Have you got any milk?" "Sorry, I've run out."Thesaurus+: ↑Using and misusingB2 If a supply of something runs out, all of it has been used or it is completely finished: » The milk has run out.» My patience is beginning to run out.Thesaurus+: ↑Using and misusingF0 If a document or official agreement runs out, the period of time for which it lasts finishes: » My passport runs out next month - I must get it renewed.Thesaurus+: ↑Coming to an end , ↑Causing something to endtime is running outF0 used to say that there is not much time left in which to achieve something: » Time is running out for the men trapped under the rubble.Thesaurus+: ↑Spending time and time passing• • • Extra Examples:» We've run out of toilet roll.» I'll have to stop you there, we've run out of time.» I've run out of milk - would you like some creamer instead?» Their squatted (in) an old house in King's Cross when their money ran out.» The lease runs out in two years' time. |
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