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？
• Most cows run dry in about ten months.
  大多数母牛过了10个月左右就出奶了。
• Three days into production, the kitty had run dry.
  才投产3天凑集的钱就用光了。
• The spring has run dry.
  这眼泉干涸了。
• Is my timing that flawed, have our feelings run dry?
  时光充满瑕疵，我们的情感变的枯燥无味？
• Streams had run dry for the first time in memory.
  记忆中，小溪第一次干涸了。
• 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。
• Don't worry. I know when the keg's run dry.
  别担心，我知道水桶总是会干的。
• 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。
• They found that the well had run dry.
  他们发现那口井干涸了。