| 单词 | runner |
| 释义 | runner (once / 471 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n 5n 6n If you jog every morning or run with your school's cross country team, you're a runner. A runner is a person who runs. A casual runner jogs around the block or chases their dog on the beach. If you train to run in the Olympics, you're also a runner, and if you play baseball, you're a runner when you're moving from first to second base. Plants send out something also called a runner — a new shoot that sits on top of the ground and roots itself there. A strip of carpet down the hall or stairs is yet another kind of runner. WORD FAMILYrunner: forerunner, runners+/forerunner: forerunners/overrun: overran, overrunning, overruns/rerun: reran, rerunning, reruns/run: overrun, ran, rerun, runned, runner, running, runny, runs/running: runningly, runnings/runny: runnier, runniness USAGE EXAMPLESThe shoe in question was the Nike Air Rift, or “split-toe” inspired by Kenyan barefoot distance runners allowing extra toe movement. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) When I’m asked for my favourite inspirational scene, I nominate Tom Courtenay’s final, miserable act of defiance in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Nick Furman, a local cyclist and runner, helped him with his bicycling and swimming in a crash course on the sport. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n someone who travels on foot by running Hypo|Hyper jogger someone who runs a steady slow pace (usually for exercise) traveler, traveller a person who changes location 2n a trained athlete who competes in foot races Exp|Hypo|Hyper Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) Frederick Carleton LewisUnited States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961) John WalkerNew Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952) long-distance runner, marathon runner, marathoner, road runner someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) milera runner in a one-mile race sprintersomeone who runs a short distance at top speed four-minute mansomeone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes athlete, jock a person trained to compete in sports 3n a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) Syn|Hyper base runner ballplayer, baseball player an athlete who plays baseball 4n (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper ball carrier forward passer, passer (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass rusher(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball football player, footballer an athlete who plays American football n a long narrow carpet 3Hyper carpet, carpeting, rug floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) n fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil 4Syn|Hyper Caranx crysos, blue runner jack any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas 1n a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents he sent a runner over with the contract Hyper courier, messenger a person who carries a message 2n someone who imports or exports without paying duties 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, smuggler coyote someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United States (usually across the Mexican border) arms-runner, gunrunnera smuggler of guns rumrunnersomeone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime n a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips 6Syn|Hyper offset, stolon plant organ a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus n device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along Hypo|Hyper blade the part of the skate that slides on the ice skinarrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow water skibroad ski for skimming over water towed by a speedboat device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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