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单词 runabout
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(rʌnəbaʊt)
Word forms: plural runabouts
1. countable noun
A runabout is a small car used mainly for short journeys. In American English, runabout is used of cars with open tops.
...a small 1-litre runabout.
2. countable noun
A runabout is a small, light boat with a motor.
[US]

runabout in British English

(ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt) or runaround (ˈrʌnəraʊnd)
noun
1. 
a small car, esp one for use in a town
2. 
a light aircraft
3. 
a light motorboat
4. 
a person who moves about constantly or busily
verb run about
5. (intr, adverb)
to move busily from place to place

runabout in American English

(ˈrʌnəˌbaʊt)
noun
1. 
a person who runs about from place to place
2. 
a light, one-seated, open carriage
3.  US
a light, one-seated, open automobile; roadster
4.  US
a light motorboat

Examples of 'runabout' in a sentence
runabout

`As a matter of fact, I bought me a little runabout only this afternoon.
Butterworth, Michael THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE (1989)
Standing beyond it was a runabout and in it a dark, pleasant-looking man whom she recognized as one of the Sanatorium doctors.
Brent-Dyer, Elinor CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL (1989)
`No, he has a little runabout mostly used by the maid to do the shopping.
Nabb, Magdalen THE MARSHAL AND THE MURDERER (1989)
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