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 rivers were beginning to run dry.
  河都开始干枯了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Now, the wells have run dry, too.
  现在，这里的水井也没水了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They found that the well had run dry.
  他们发现那口井干涸了。
• 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。