单词 | run/go aground |
释义 | run/go aground From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrun/go agroundrun/go agroundTTWif a ship runs aground, it becomes stuck in a place where the water is not deep enough → agroundExamples from the Corpusrun/go aground• The beach was long, flat and shelved so gently that no normal vessel could have come ashore without running aground.• The prosecution's case had turned primarily on the allegation that he was drunk when his ship ran aground.• Y., to Providence, ran aground Friday afternoon after the tugboat pushing it was disabled by an unexplained explosion.• More than 72,000 tonnes of crude oil spilled into the estuary after the tanker ran aground in 1996.• The pirate station, which ran aground last November, is using equipment and records donated by listeners.• The Ecuadorean tanker Jessica started leaking diesel oil after running aground last week. |
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