单词 | underrun |
释义 | underrunn. 1. [under- prefix1 2b(b)] An undercurrent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > under-current underwork1610 underflood?1615 undercurrent1684 underset1815 undertow1817 subcurrent1822 underdrift1849 under-draught1853 underflow1854 under-water1859 undercarry1894 underrun1894 turbidity current1939 1894 Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 381 You may..watch her little shape soar to the underrun of a billow. 1898 Geogr. Jrnl. Mar. 291 The discovery of the underrun of the Hudson. 2. [under- prefix1 5(b): see sense 4 of the verb.] (An instance of) underrunning; the extent to which a programme, project, etc., underruns. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > [noun] > falling short of allotted time underrun1941 1941 B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 34 Underrun, extent by which a programme falls short of its allotted time. 1967 A. Battersby Network Anal. (ed. 2) xiv. 238 An example is shown in Fig. 14.2, which displays the extent to which the project is ahead of schedule or behind it, referred to respectively as ‘over-run’ and ‘under-run’. 3. [under- prefix1 2a(d)] The act of running under something, spec. (of a vehicle) under the back of the vehicle in front. Used attributive and in other combinations, as underrun bar n., underrun bumper n. a guard attached to the back of a large-wheeled vehicle to prevent other vehicles running underneath. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident > running under vehicle in front underrun1969 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > bumper > types of nerf bar1955 underrun bar1969 1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 532/1 Under-run bar, at the rear of the chassis a massive bumper bar is provided. 1970 Daily Tel. 27 May 11/4 What are needed are under-run bumpers or similar protective structures at the rear of lorries, intended to catch a car that might run into them. 1973 Care on Road (RoSPA) Feb. 9/1 Referring to under-run accidents on motorways, the report says: ‘There were severe and multiple fractures of skull and face with associated brain damage.’ 1974 Care on Road (RoSPA) Oct. 7/2 Some trailer-manufacturers do fit under-run bumpers. 1980 Daily Tel. 24 May 30/4 Under-run accidents are one of the most lethal types of collisions, particularly on motorways. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). underrunv. 1. transitive. To run, flow, or pass beneath. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > descend [verb (transitive)] > go or move under undergoc1220 undercreep1558 underrun1594 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iv. ii. 47 Those braue Germains..Beheld the swift Rheyn vnder-run mine Ensignes. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 26 Apr. 2/1 These fruitful Meadows came to be stock'd and under-run with those subterranean Inhabitants, vulgarly called Moles. 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 157 The granite is under-run by schistose earth. 1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea i. §14 One part of it underruns the Gulf Stream. 1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley III. vii. 94 A scowl of dark vapour came over the headlands, and under-ran the solid snow-clouds. 2. Nautical. a. To overhaul or examine (a cable, etc.) on the under side, spec. by drawing a boat along under it. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] > anchor (a ship) > examine cable on under side underrun1547 under-hale1615 1547 Admiralty Court Oyer & Terminer 73 No. 21 They toke ye kabyll in the botts hed and under rynned ye kabyll tyll yt was a pyke. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 79 We vnder-run our small Cable. 1667 Ld. Brouncker Let. 3 July in S. Pepys Diary & Corr. (1870) 675 Not only, in my opinion, is the chain broke,..yet wee could nether spare hands nor lighter to underrunn it. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 156 They..underran the Cables by which..[the ship] rode. 1798 Hull Advertiser 25 Aug. 3/2 The harbour..is..very rocky, the bottom so much so as to make it necessary to under-run every cable. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. viii. 94 Oblige me by under-running the guess warp. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 706. b. (See quot. 1769.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work tackle > specific operations on or with tackle reeve1639 snatch1769 underrun1769 whip1769 stropc1860 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > separate into constituents [verb (transitive)] > take apart > specifically a tackle underrun1769 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Under-run a tackle, is to separate the several parts of which it is composed, and range them in order, from one block to the other. c. To pull in (a net or trawl) in order to clear it of the catch and reset it. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > catch fish with net > pull in net underrun1883 1883 L. Z. Joncas Fisheries Canada 30 As soon as the seals are caught in the meshes, the men under-run the nets. 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 101 Underrunning a trawl means pulling it in on one side of the dory, picking off the fish, rebaiting the hooks, and passing them back to the sea again. 3. In past participle. (See quot. 1855.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > [adjective] > of particular type steeple-hoofed1823 underrun1855 mesaxonic1893 1855 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 16 i. 9 Cut away all hoof that is separated from the sensitive parts, or, as a shepherd would say, as much as is ‘under-run’. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 337 Any horn [of an ox-hoof] which is underrun should be removed. 4. intransitive. Of a broadcast programme, item, etc.: to run for less than its allotted time. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > [verb (intransitive)] > underrun time underrun1941 1941 B.B.C. Gloss. Broadcasting Terms 34 Underrun, to fall short of the allotted time (of a programme). 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio i. 17 The announcer on duty in the continuity studio..must intervene if any contribution under-runs, over-runs, breaks down in the middle, or completely fails to materialize. 5. Of a car: to run under a larger vehicle in front. Cf. underrun n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (intransitive)] > suffer an accident > specific type jackknife1886 to run out of road1922 pile1942 underrun1972 1972 Care on Road (RoSPA) Sept. 9/4 A carefully designed bumper is essential at the rear of every truck. It must be large enough to prevent the car under-running. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1894v.1547 |
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