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。
• I will love you to the time of the seas run dry and the rocks crumble.
  我将爱你直到海枯石烂。河上有一座破烂不堪的、古老的、灰色的小石桥。
• Will funding for health development run dry?
  卫生发展资金是否会枯竭？
• Most cows run dry in about ten months.
  大多数母牛过了10个月左右就出奶了。
• Streams had run dry for the first time in memory.
  记忆中，小溪第一次干涸了。
• They found that the well had run dry.
  他们发现那口井干涸了。
• Now, the wells have run dry, too.
  现在，这里的水井也没水了。
• 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。
• I stopped for gas again at the next opportunity, almost fanatical in my intent to NOT run dry again.
  我停下来的天然气再次在下次有机会，我几乎狂热的意图无法运行干一次。