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    runner

    • IPA[ˈrʌnə]

    英式

    • n.
      a person that runs, especially in a specified way；a person who runs competitively as a sport or hobby

    • noun: runner, plural noun: runners

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    • 1. a person that runs, especially in a specified way Mary was a fast runner
    • ▪ a person who runs competitively as a sport or hobby a 400 metres runner 同義詞 athlete, sprinter, hurdler, racer, long-distance runner, ... 更多
    • ▪ a horse that runs in a particular race there were only four runners
    • ▪ a vehicle or machine that operates in a satisfactory or specified way the van was a good and reliable runner
    • ▪ British informal a contender for a job or position I am one among fifty runners for the job the original runners for the Booker Prize
    • ▪ British informal an idea that has a chance of being accepted; a practical suggestion trying to determine whether a tax on books is a runner
    • ▪ a person who runs between the wickets for an injured batter he came in to bat with a runner
    • ▪ a messenger, collector, or agent for a bank, bookmaker, or similar. 同義詞 messenger, courier, errand boy, messenger boy, scout, ... 更多
    • ▪ an orderly in the army.
    • ▪ British informal a freelance antiques dealer ‘runners’ who spend their time looking for good buys
    • 2. a person who smuggles specified goods into or out of a country or area a gun-runner
    • 3. a rod, groove, or blade on which something slides.
    • ▪ each of the long pieces on the underside of a sledge that forms the contact in sliding.
    • ▪ a roller for moving a heavy article the vegetable baskets were on runners
    • ▪ a ring capable of slipping or sliding along a strap or rod or through which something may be passed or drawn.
    • ▪ a rope in a single block with one end round a tackle block and the other having a hook.
    • 4. a shoot, typically leafless, which grows from the base of a plant along the surface of the ground and can take root at points along its length it's not always easy to find strawberry runners with good strong roots 同義詞 shoot, offshoot, sprout, tendril, sprig, ... 更多
    • ▪ a plant that spreads by means of runners.
    • ▪ a twining plant.
    • 5. a long, narrow rug or strip of carpet, especially for a hall or stairway a faded runner held in place with brass stair rods
    • 6. a revolving millstone.
    • 7. archaic a police officer.
    • 8. see Indian runner
    • 9. a fast-swimming fish of the jack family, occurring in tropical seas.

    front runner

    • n.
      the contestant that is leading in a race or other competition: the front runner for the Nobel Prize in literature

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    front runner

    • n.
      the contestant that is leading in a race or other competition: the front runner for the Nobel Prize in literature

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    blockade runner

    • n.
      a ship that manages to enter or leave a blockaded port.

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    blockade runner

    • n.
      a ship that manages to enter or leave a blockaded port.

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    runner-up

    • n.
      a competitor or team taking second place in a contest: he was runner-up in the 200 m individual medley

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    runner bean

    • n.
      a Central American bean plant with scarlet flowers and very long flat edible pods.

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    scarlet runner

    • n.
      a twining bean plant with scarlet flowers and very long flat edible pods. Native to Central and ...

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    base runner

    • n.
      a player on the team at bat who is on a base, or running between bases.

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    runner

    • IPA[ˈrənər]

    美式

    • n.
      a person who runs, especially in a specified way: Mary was a fast runner

    Oxford American Dictionary