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

• How do you manage to come up with innovative ideas when your well has run dry?
  在创意之井枯竭的时候，怎样想出有创意的点子？
• Groupon is burning through cash so quickly that, without new financing, it will run dry come autumn.
  由于烧钱速度太快，因此如果没有新的资本补充，到今年秋季Groupon将用完所有现金。
• And, the grease that keeps the wheels turning has virtually run dry.
  使车轮保持运转的润滑油实际上已然耗尽。
• The spring has run dry.
  这眼泉干涸了。
• The river was beginning to run dry.
  河水开始干涸起来。
• The river has run dry.
  河枯了。
• 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。
• 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。
• A cog must have slipped or an oil-cup run dry, for the postman brought him one morning a short, thin envelope.
  大概是一个齿轮打了滑，或是油杯没了油吧，总之有天早上邮递员给他送来了一个薄薄的短信封。
• 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。