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

• The nuclear pipeline is now likely to run dry in most countries.
  大多数国家核电站的管线设备目前很可能会弃置不用。
• 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。
• Don't worry. I know when the keg's run dry.
  别担心，我知道水桶总是会干的。
• This stream will never run dry.
  这条溪流永不会枯干。
• Every time you see this well run dry, come over here and prime her again.
  每次你一看她快被榨干了，就会过来，给她加满油。
• They found that the well had run dry.
  他们发现那口井干涸了。
• 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。
• Groupon is burning through cash so quickly that, without new financing, it will run dry come autumn.
  由于烧钱速度太快，因此如果没有新的资本补充，到今年秋季Groupon将用完所有现金。
• Is my timing that flawed, have our feelings run dry?
  时光充满瑕疵，我们的情感变的枯燥无味？