单词 | runny |
释义 | runny (once / 56824 pages) adj Anything runny is dripping or flowing like liquid. If you have a runny nose, you should probably stuff some tissues into your pocket (or just use your sleeve). Melting ice cream is runny, dripping from your cone down your arm, and an over-easy fried egg is cooked just enough so that the yolk is a little bit runny. A completely raw egg is obviously runny, and so is the nose of a person with a cold. If you're sniffling and sneezing, your nose is probably runny, or dripping with mucus. WORD FAMILYrunny: runnier, runniness+/forerunner: forerunners/overrun: overran, overrunning, overruns/rerun: reran, rerunning, reruns/run: overrun, ran, rerun, runned, runner, running, runny, runs/runner: forerunner, runners/running: runningly, runnings USAGE EXAMPLESThe earliest ones are a runny nose, cough and a high fever. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) The tomato sauce is just a tad sweet, and the eggs, oh, so runny. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2016) The poached eggs could have been runnier, but the meat and potatoes were finely diced and properly crisped. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) adj characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape Syn fluid liquid existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow |
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