| 释义 |
Noun: runner rúnu(r)- Someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser - Someone who travels on foot by running
- A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
"he sent a runner over with the contract" - A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- base runner - A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- stolon, offset - A trained athlete who competes in foot races
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- ball carrier - A long narrow carpet
- Device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- Fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
- blue runner, Caranx crysos - [Austral, NZ, Ireland] A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
- gym shoe, sneaker, tennis shoe, takkie [Ireland, S.Africa], tackie [Ireland, S.Africa], trainer [Brit]
Derived forms: runners See also: run Type of: athlete, ballplayer, baseball player, carpet, carpeting, courier, criminal, crook, device, felon, football player, footballer [N. Amer], jack, jock [N. Amer], malefactor, messenger, outlaw, plant organ, rug, shoe, traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn] Part of: sled [N. Amer], sledge, sleigh Encyclopedia: Runner |