road-runningadj.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊdˌrʌnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈroʊdˌrənɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., running adj.

Etymology: < road n. + running adj. Compare road running n.In quot. 1979 punningly after roadrunner n. (with reference to the Roadrunner cartoon series produced by Warner Brothers from the late 1940s onwards).

That runs on a road or roads. Also figurative.

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1934 V. Woolf Writer's Diary (1953) 216 I cannot without more labour than my roadrunning mind can compass describe the queer impression of sunny impersonality.

1979 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 5 July Wile E. Coyote..in hot and hapless pursuit of his road-running prey.

2004 D. S. Barrios Runner's World Guide to Injury Prevention ii. 28 Trail runners suffer far fewer impact injuries than their road-running counterparts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	road-running
释义	road-runningadj. Brit. /ˈrəʊdˌrʌnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈroʊdˌrənɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., running adj. Etymology: < road n. + running adj. Compare road running n.In quot. 1979 punningly after roadrunner n. (with reference to the Roadrunner cartoon series produced by Warner Brothers from the late 1940s onwards). That runs on a road or roads. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1934 V. Woolf Writer's Diary (1953) 216 I cannot without more labour than my roadrunning mind can compass describe the queer impression of sunny impersonality. 1979 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 5 July Wile E. Coyote..in hot and hapless pursuit of his road-running prey. 2004 D. S. Barrios Runner's World Guide to Injury Prevention ii. 28 Trail runners suffer far fewer impact injuries than their road-running counterparts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1934
随便看	selfinjury selfinking selfinstructed selfinstructer selfinstruction selfinstructor selfinsurance selfinsured selfinsurer selfinsuring selfinteressed selfinterest selfinterested selfinterestedness selfinteresting selfinterpreting selfinterrogation selfintoxicated selfintoxication selfintruder selfinvitation selfinvited selfinvolution selfinvolved selfinvolvement