The word "runner" refers to a person who runs, especially in sports or for pleasure. It can also describe a horse in a race, someone involved in illegal transport (like drugs or guns), a messenger, or someone employed for small tasks. Additionally, it can refer to a part of a mechanism that allows smooth movement, a plant's spreading stem, or a long, narrow rug.
The word "runner" refers to a person who runs, especially in sports or for pleasure. It can also describe a horse in a race, someone involved in illegal transport (like drugs or guns), a messenger, or someone employed for small tasks. Additionally, it can refer to a part of a mechanism that allows smooth movement, a plant's spreading stem, or a long, narrow rug.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]跑步者;赛跑者 A runner is a person who runs, especially for sport or pleasure.
...a marathon runner...
马拉松长跑选手
I am a very keen runner and am out training most days.
我非常喜欢跑步,大多数时候都在户外训练。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]参加赛马的马匹;赛马 The runners in a horse race are the horses taking part.
There are 18 runners in the top race of the day.
在当天最高级别的赛马中有18匹马参加。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]走私者;偷运者 A drug runner or gun runner is someone who illegally takes drugs or guns into a country.
[n N]
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]送信人;信使;收账员;听差 Someone who is a runner for a particular person or company is employed to take messages, collect money, or do other small tasks for them.
...a bookie's runner.
赌注经纪人的听差
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](雪橇的)滑板;(冰鞋的)冰刀;(抽屉的)滑轨Runners are thin strips of wood or metal underneath something which help it to move smoothly.
[usu pl]
...the runners of his sled.
他的雪橇的滑板
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](植物的)长匐茎,纤匐枝 On a plant, runners are long shoots that grow from the main stem and put down roots to form a new plant.
[usu pl]
...strawberry runners.
草莓长匐茎
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]长条地毯;长条饰布 A runner is a long narrow mat that is put on a piece of furniture or on the floor.
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[PHRASE 短语]匆匆离开;迅速逃离;溜掉 If someone does a runner, they leave a place in a hurry, for example in order to escape arrest or to avoid paying for something.
[V inflects]
[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
At this point, the accountant did a runner — with all my bank statements, expenses and receipts.
这个时候,会计溜了——带走了我所有的银行结算单、资金和收据。
Oxford
run·ner★/ˈrʌnə(r); NAmEˈrʌnər/noun1★a person or an animal that runs, especially one taking part in a race 奔跑的人,奔跑的动物(尤指参加速度比赛者)◆a long-distance/cross-country/marathon, etc. runner长跑、越野赛跑、马拉松等选手◆a list of runners (= horses in a race)and riders 赛马和骑手名单☞see also
forerunner
,
front runner
,
roadrunner
2( especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词) a person who takes goods illegally into or out of a place 走私者;偷运者◆a drug runner毒品走私分子☞see also
gunrunner
3a strip of metal, plastic or wood that sth slides on or can move along on (金属、塑料或木制的)条状滑行装置◆the runners of a sledge雪橇的滑板4a plant stemthat grows along the ground and puts down roots to form a new plant 纤匐枝5a long narrow piece of cloth or carpet on a piece of furniture or on the floor 长条饰布;长条地毯6a person in a company or an organization whose job is to take messages, documents, etc. from one place to another 送信人;信差7( CanE) a shoe that is used for running or doing other sport in 跑鞋;运动鞋IDIOMdo a ˈrunner( BrE) ( informal) to leave or run away from somewhere in a hurry, especially to avoid paying a bill or receiving a punishment 匆忙逃离;逃跑runnerrunnersrun·ner/ˈrʌnə(r); NAmEˈrʌnər/
LDC
runnerrun‧ner /ˈrʌnə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1someone who runs for sport or pleasure → jogger: a long-distance runner a marathon runner2a horse that runs in a race: The runners and riders appear in Friday’s Racing Post.3do a runner British English informal to leave somewhere quickly in order to avoid paying for something or having to meet someone: By the time the police got there, the boys had done a runner.4one of the two thin pieces of metal under a sledge, or the single piece of metal under a skate5the bar of wood or metal that a drawer or curtain slides along6technical a stem on a plant that grows along the ground and then puts down roots to form a new plant7a long narrow piece of cloth or carpet →
drug runner
, → gun runner
at gun-running
, front-runner
WDF
runner
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runners[2007]
跑步者(93%),赛跑的人(7%)
n.跑步者;走私者;推销员;送信人
n.(Runner)人名;(英)朗纳
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