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Errand ˈerənd Short Running Noun Trip Order Job

An "errand" is a short journey undertaken to perform a task for someone else, like buying something or delivering a message. It is a countable noun, often used in the phrase "run errands".

English

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Collins
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](短程的)差事;跑腿 An errand is a short trip that you make in order to do a job for someone, for example when you go to a shop to buy something for them.
  • She went off on some errand...

    她办事去了。

  • She had a more urgent errand.

    她有一个更加紧急的差事要办。

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[PHRASE 短语]为…跑腿;为…办事 If you run an errand for someone, you do or get something for them, usually by making a short trip somewhere.
  [V inflects]
  • She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother...

    她总是在为她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。

  • Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain.

    弗兰克开始为当地一个下流的恶人跑腿做坏事。


Oxford er·rand / ˈerənd ; NAmE ˈerənd / noun a job that you do for sb that involves going somewhere to take a message, to buy sth, deliver goods, etc. 差使;差事 ◆ He often runs errandsfor his grandmother. 他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。 ◆ Her boss sent her on an errandinto town. 老板派她进城办事去了。 ☞see also
fool's errand
errand errands
er·rand / ˈerənd ; NAmE ˈerənd /
LDC
errander‧rand /ˈerənd/ noun [countable]
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a short journey in order to do something for someone, for example delivering or collecting something for them:  I seemed to spend my life running errands for people. She was always sending me on errands.on an errand I couldn’t stop because I was on an errand. He quickly set out on his errand of mercy (=journey to help someone in danger). → (send somebody on) a fool’s errand
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WDF

errand

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差事(53%),跑腿(26%),差使(21%)
n.使命;差事;差使

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