单词 | outrun |
释义 | outrun I. intransitive verb archaic transitive verb 1. a. < after a ride lasting all day, the Indians outran them — W.S.Campbell > < can outrun any other sub — Time > b. < believes … that saving will chronically tend to outrun investment — W.M.Dacey > < multiplication in numbers must inevitably outrun the food supply — R.E.Coker > c. < we'd outrun my past so far, but it would catch up with us some day — J.B.Benefield > < men who had outrun the established law and all the courts — W.P.Webb > 2. < scientific theory is outrunning common sense — A.N.Whitehead > < fashion never permanently outruns discretion — Edward Sapir > 3. < outran his party's candidates for other state offices > • - outrun the constable II. 1. < the dog started off in great style on its outrun to collect the sheep — Alastair Robertson > 2. 3. < all steep downhill stretches must have a safe outrun — Walter Prager > |
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