run dry

英 [rʌn draɪ]

美 [rʌn draɪ]

(信息或金钱的来源)枯竭，用完

化学

英英释义

verb

• become empty of water
  1. The river runs dry in the summer
  Synonym:dry out

双语例句

• They found that the well had run dry.
  他们发现那口井干涸了。
• And, the grease that keeps the wheels turning has virtually run dry.
  使车轮保持运转的润滑油实际上已然耗尽。
• Don't worry. I know when the keg's run dry.
  别担心，我知道水桶总是会干的。
• The spring has run dry.
  这眼泉干涸了。
• The pen has run dry three times in writing a short address.
  在写这么短的地址之时，笔尖上的墨水就干了三次。
• The mountain spring has run dry.
  这眼山泉干涸了。
• A cog must have slipped or an oil-cup run dry, for the postman brought him one morning a short, thin envelope.
  大概是一个齿轮打了滑，或是油杯没了油吧，总之有天早上邮递员给他送来了一个薄薄的短信封。
• The river was beginning to run dry.
  河水开始干涸起来。
• I stopped for gas again at the next opportunity, almost fanatical in my intent to NOT run dry again.
  我停下来的天然气再次在下次有机会，我几乎狂热的意图无法运行干一次。
• Supply of oil can be shut off unexpectedly at any time, and in any case, the oil wells will all run dry in thirty years or so at the present rate of use.
  石油供应可能随时会被切断；不管怎样，以目前这种消费速度，只需30年左右，所有的油井都会枯竭。