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。
• The rivers were beginning to run dry.
  河都开始干枯了。
• The river was beginning to run dry.
  河水开始干涸起来。
• Of course, the oil spigot is not going to run dry tomorrow. There is still coal, tar sands, heavy oil and shale gas.
  当然，石油龙头不会一夜间断流，我们还有煤炭、沥青砂、重质油和页岩气。
• In the end the Volga's waters will run dry.
  伏尔加河水终将干涸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Now, the wells have run dry, too.
  现在，这里的水井也没水了。