| 词组 | run out |
| 释义 | run out 1. run out if you run out of something, you have no more of it left because you have used all of it: ▪ "Is there any more cat food?" "No. We've run out." run out of sth ▪ He'd better hurry up. We're running out of time. ▪ The vehicle slowed and came to a halt. "We've run out of gas," said Vito. ▪ They never seemed to run out of things to say to each other. ▪ The guerrillas finally ran out of ammunition and withdrew. 2. run out if something runs out, there is no more of it left: ▪ Their adventure lasted until the money ran out. ▪ My husband tries to be sympathetic, but I can tell his patience is running out. ▪ Brazil's luck ran out in the final and they lost to France 3-0. 3. run out if ticket or an official document or agreement runs out, it reaches the end of the time when it is officially allowed to be used or have an effect: ▪ His contract with the club is due to run out in December. ▪ My passport won't run out for at least another year. ■ SIMILAR TO: expire 4. run out of steam to no longer feel eager to do something, or no longer feel that you have enough energy to continue: ▪ Nazeem starts really fast, but he tends to run out of steam after he's been boxing for a few rounds. ▪ The Republicans' campaign to get rid of Clinton began to run out of gas. 5. run sb out • run out sb BrE to end a player's period of play in a game of cricket, by touching or throwing the ball against the wickets ( = the sets of sticks that the players run between to get points): ▪ Lara was run out by the Australians, after scoring yet another century for the West Indies. 6. run out sth • run sth out if you run out a length of rope or line, you let it unwind and go away from you: ▪ One of the climbers stood on the edge of the cliff face and ran out about 50 foot of rope. |
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