| 单词 | running off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrunning off running off n. (a) the action of running (something) off; an instance of this; (b) Horticulture = run-off n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > dropping of fruit before ripe running off1679 run-off1921 1679 C. Merrit in Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 1049 A small Channel in that end..for the running off of the baser Metals. 1715 J. Delacoste tr. H. Boerhaave Aphorisms 383 After the running off of this second stage..follows the third State. 1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 586 Trees, banks of sand and mud, &c. must necessarily hinder proportionably the free running off of the water. 1843 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. May 308 One of these runnings off was at the time of the accident. 1881 Chem. News 13 May 221/2 Sometimes this running-off process has to be performed in the dark. 1918 Ann. Appl. Biol. 5 25 The connection between reverted wood and ‘running off’ of the fruit is not quite so clear. 1976 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. 55/6 A running off of excess inventories is invariably a key element in the decline of production associated with recession. 1996 R. M. Brennan in J. Janick & J. N. Moore Fruit Breeding II. 260 Running off can also be a problem in red currants. < as lemmas |
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