| 单词 | runner |
| 释义 | runner n. 1. a person who runs, esp. in a race. 2. a a creeping plant-stem that can take root. b a twining plant. 3. a rod or groove or blade on which a thing slides. 4. a sliding ring on a rod etc. 5. a messenger, scout, collector, or agent for a bank etc.; a tout. 6. hist. a police officer. 7. a running bird. 8. a a smuggler. b = blockade-runner. 9. a revolving millstone. 10. Naut. a rope in a single block with one end round a tackle-block and the other having a hook. 11. (in full runner bean) Brit. a twining bean plant, Phaseolus multiflorus, with red flowers and long green seed pods. Also called scarlet runner. 12. each of the long pieces on the underside of a sledge etc. that forms the contact in sliding. 13. a roller for moving a heavy article. 14. a long narrow ornamental cloth or rug. Phrases and idioms do a runner sl. leave hastily; flee. runner-up (pl. runners-up or runner-ups) the competitor or team taking second place. |
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