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

• In the end the Volga's waters will run dry.
  伏尔加河水终将干涸。
• 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。
• Now, the wells have run dry, too.
  现在，这里的水井也没水了。
• This stream will never run dry.
  这条溪流永不会枯干。
• Once you were my inspiration, but, that river's run dry.
  你曾是我的灵感之源，但是，那河床渐渐干涸。
• 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。
• 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。
• Will funding for health development run dry?
  卫生发展资金是否会枯竭？
• The river has run dry.
  河枯了。
• I will love you until the Sea run dry and the rocks crumble.
  我将爱你知道海枯石烂。