run dry

英 [rʌn draɪ]

美 [rʌn draɪ]

(信息或金钱的来源)枯竭，用完

化学

英英释义

verb

• become empty of water
  1. The river runs dry in the summer
  Synonym:dry out

双语例句

• Three days into production, the kitty had run dry.
  才投产3天凑集的钱就用光了。
• They found that the well had run dry.
  他们发现那口井干涸了。
• Textiles Testing method for unevenness of textile strands Using capacitance testing equipment This stream will never run dry.
  GB/T3292-1997纺织品纱条条干不匀试验方法电容法这条溪流永不会枯干。
• In the end the Volga's waters will run dry.
  伏尔加河水终将干涸。
• The river was beginning to run dry.
  河水开始干涸起来。
• The pen has run dry three times in writing a short address.
  在写这么短的地址之时，笔尖上的墨水就干了三次。
• Of course, the oil spigot is not going to run dry tomorrow. There is still coal, tar sands, heavy oil and shale gas.
  当然，石油龙头不会一夜间断流，我们还有煤炭、沥青砂、重质油和页岩气。
• Supply of oil can be shut off unexpectedly at any time, and in any case, the oil wells will all run dry in thirty years or so at the present rate of use.
  石油供应可能随时会被切断；不管怎样，以目前这种消费速度，只需30年左右，所有的油井都会枯竭。
• The mountain spring has run dry.
  这眼山泉干涸了。
• Now, the wells have run dry, too.
  现在，这里的水井也没水了。