runner

runner
noun
  1. a person that runs, especially in a specified way
    跑动者
    Mary was a fast runner.
    玛丽跑得快。
    ■a person who runs competitively as a sport or hobby.
    赛跑者
    a 400 metres runner.
    400米赛跑者。
    ■a horse that runs in a particular race.
    赛跑的马
    there were only four runners.
    只有四匹赛跑的马。
    ■a vehicle or machine that operates in a satisfactory or specified way.
    性能良好的车(或机器)
    the van was a good and reliable runner.
    这辆货车性能良好、可靠。
    ■a messenger, collector, or agent for a bank, bookmaker, or similar.
    (银行,出版者等的)送信人;收账人;代理人,代理商
    ■an orderly in the army.
    (部队的)传令兵;通讯员;勤务兵
    ■(Brit. informal)a freelance antiques dealer.
    (英,非正式)个体古董商
    ■(Brit. informal)a contender for a job or position.
    (英,非正式)(工作或职位的)争夺者;竞争者
    ■(Brit. informal)an idea that has a chance of being accepted; a practical suggestion.
    (英,非正式)可能被接受的想法;切实可行的建议
    trying to determine whether a tax on books is a runner.
    试图决定对书籍征税是否切实可行。
    ■(Cricket)a person who runs between the wickets for an injured batsman.
    (板球)(在三柱门之间为受伤的击球手跑动的)跑动板球员
  2. [in combination]a person who smuggles specified goods into or out of a country or area
    走私者
    a gun-runner.
    一名枪支走私者。
  3. a rod, groove, or blade on which something slides
    滑行装置;滑道;滑槽;冰刀
    ■each of the long pieces on the underside of a sledge that forms the contact in sliding.
    (雪橇的)滑板,雪板
    ■(常作 runners)a roller for moving a heavy article.
    (移动重物的)滚杠
    ■a ring capable of slipping or sliding along a strap or rod or through which something may be passed or drawn.
    滑圈
    ■(Nautical)a rope in a single block with one end round a tackle block and the other having a hook.
    (航海)滑车吊索
  4. a shoot, typically leafless, which grows from the base of a plant along the surface of the ground and can take root at points along its length
    蔓,长匐茎,纤匐枝
    ■a plant that spreads by means of such shoots.
    有长匐茎的植物
    ■a twining plant.
    蔓生植物,攀缘植物
  5. a long, narrow rug or strip of carpet, especially for a hall or stairway
    (尤指大厅或楼梯用的)长条地毯
  6. (亦作 runner stone)a revolving millstone
    回转磨石,上磨盘
  7. (archaic)a police officer
    (古)警官。 参见 Bow Street Runner
  8. (亦作 runner duck)
    见 Indian runner
  9. a fast-swimming fish of the jack family, occurring in tropical seas
    (热带海洋的)青鲹
  10. Several species in the family Carangidae, in particular the colourfully striped rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata) of warm seas worldwide, and the blue runner (Caranx crysos) of the western Atlantic.
    鲹科中数种,尤指全球温暖海域的有鲜艳条纹的纺锤鰤(拉丁名Elagatis bipinnulata)及大西洋西部的金鲹(拉丁名Caranx crysos)
习惯用语
do a runner
  1. (Brit. informal)leave hastily, especially to avoid paying for something or to escape from somewhere
    (英,非正式)(尤指为躲债或逃离某地而)匆忙离开,急忙逃走
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