| 词组 | run off |
| 释义 | run off 1. run off to leave somewhere by running, for example to avoid being caught: ▪ The robbers ran off down a nearby street. ▪ Her T-shirt caught fire and she ran off screaming. ■ SIMILAR TO: flee 2. run off to suddenly leave someone or leave the place where you live, without telling anyone: ▪ His wife ran off and left him. ▪ The popular story is that Arthur was so heartbroken that he ran off to Africa. 3. run off sth • run sth off to quickly print several copies of something: ▪ Nowadays you can run off your invitations on a laser printer for virtually nothing. ▪ Authors were allowed to visit the printers while their books were being run off, in order to make any alterations. 4. run off sth • run sth off sth if something runs off a power supply, it works by using the power from it: ▪ It's designed to run off batteries or mains electricity. ▪ The stove was run off a portable generator, which was kept in the basement. 5. run off sth • run sth off to write something quickly and easily, for example a letter, poem, or the words to a song: ▪ Lennon later said that he and Paul ran off the song in a taxi on the way to the recording studio. |
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