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。
• This stream will never run dry.
  这条溪流永不会枯干。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I will love you until the Sea run dry and the rocks crumble.
  我将爱你知道海枯石烂。
• Streams had run dry for the first time in memory.
  记忆中，小溪第一次干涸了。
• The river was beginning to run dry.
  河水开始干涸起来。
• In the end the Volga's waters will run dry.
  伏尔加河水终将干涸。
• The spring has run dry.
  这眼泉干涸了。