英语单词 | runaway |
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英美音标 | ['rʌnəwei] |
中文释义 | n.逃跑,逃跑者,巨大的胜利,失控的车(或核子反应堆系统) adj.逃亡的,逃走的 |
vocab简明 | A runaway is a person — often a child or teenager — who leaves home. A runaway is usually unhappy at home, and most runaways have families that are desperate to find them. |
vocab扩展 | A kid who grabs some snacks and hides out all night in his neighbor's tree house is one kind of runaway — a more serious runaway is a teenager who hitchhikes to a city and lives on the street or in a shelter. You can also use the word as an adjective to mean "out of control," like a runaway car rolling down a hill with no driver, or a movie that's a runaway success, making more money than anyone thought possible. |
真题原句 | Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runaways. |
柯林斯星级 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]迅速的;无法控制的;失控的 You use runaway to describe a situation in which something increases or develops very quickly and cannot be controlled. [ADJ n]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]离家出走者(尤指小孩) A runaway is someone, especially a child, who leaves home without telling anyone or without permission. [oft N n]
3 [ADJ 形容词](车辆、动物等)失控的 A runaway vehicle or animal is moving forward quickly, and its driver or rider has lost control of it. [ADJ n]
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来源 | 2016.1 |
Tags: 单词::2016
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