| 词组 | run over |
| 释义 | run over 1. run over sb/sth • run sb/sth over to drive over someone or something, especially with the result that they are injured or killed: ▪ Barthes was run over by a laundry van as he was crossing a busy Paris street. ▪ Lee was really upset when her cat got run over. ▪ Some idiot in a white van nearly ran me over. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑knock down, ↑mow down 2. run over sth to quickly explain something to someone, especially a series of points or instructions: ▪ I'll just run over how the burglar alarm works. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑run through, ↑go through 3. run over sth to quickly read or repeat something in order to remember it or to check that is correct: ▪ Sean ran over his notes one last time, then made his way to the exam hall. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑run through, ↑go through 4. run over if a container runs over, it become too full of a liquid, and the liquid starts flowing over the side: ▪ The woman filled up his glass until it started to run over. ▪ Someone in an upstairs flat had let their bath run over, and there was water absolutely everywhere. ■ SIMILAR TO: overflow 5. run over/run over time if a meeting, game, television programme etc runs over, it continues past the time when it was planned to end: ▪ We should be through by eight, but the session might run over. ▪ The show was running over time, and the director had to cut one of the scenes. + into ▪ The tunnel project ran over into the following year. 6. run over sb if a feeling runs over you, you suddenly feel it very strongly: ▪ She felt a sudden shudder of fear run over her. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑run through, ↑come over 7. your mind runs over sth/run sth over in your mind to think about something such as a series of events or possibilities etc: ▪ Quickly his mind ran over all the awful possibilities. Maybe they'd had some kind of accident, or even been killed. ▪ Give yourself a few minutes to run it over in your mind, then tell me what you think. ▪ She let her mind run over the events of the previous day. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑run through |
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