| 单词 | to run short |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run short 19. to run short. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. a. Of persons, etc.: To become short of, ‘run out’ of (something). Also without const. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack > run out of to run out of ——1751 to run short1753 1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. Sept. 452/1 Being run short of money. 1809 Naval Chron. 22 189 In consequence of running short of water. 1884 C. Reade in Harper's Mag. Sept. 603/1 I've purchased this cutlery in case she may run short. 1890 S. Lane-Poole Barbary Corsairs i. vii. 81 Coron was running short of supplies. b. Of supplies: To become or prove insufficient in quantity; to become exhausted. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > become scanty or scarce scant1436 scarcea1500 scarcen1803 to run short1850 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > become scanty or scarce > run out tirec725 failc1250 dispend1393 wanta1425 expirec1515 defect1587 to run out1685 to fall short1694 to spin out1720 to run short1850 to give out1861 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 i. 143 Turnips sometimes run short. 1894 Ld. Wolseley Life Marlborough II. 99 There was a great dearth of arms..and the supply in the Tower soon ran short. < as lemmas |
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