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 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 river has run dry.
  河枯了。
• 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 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。
• 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 rivers were beginning to run dry.
  河都开始干枯了。
• 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。
• 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。
• This stream will never run dry.
  这条溪流永不会枯干。