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Runner N Count 可数名词 Person Piece Race Metal Long

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.

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/rʌ̱nə(r)/
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[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) ; NAmE ˈrʌnər / noun 1 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
      3 a 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 4 a plant stemthat grows along the ground and puts down roots to form a new plant 纤匐枝 5 a long narrow piece of cloth or carpet on a piece of furniture or on the floor 长条饰布;长条地毯 6 a 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 IDIOM do 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 runner runners
      run·ner / ˈrʌnə(r) ; NAmE ˈrʌnər /
      LDC
      runnerrun‧ner /ˈrʌnə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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      1someone who runs for sport or pleasurejogger:  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

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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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