用法学习： 1. basin 洗手盆. A lark(百灵鸟, 云雀), early bird, or morning person 早晨起得早的人, 喜欢早上工作的人 is a person who usually gets up early in the morning and goes to bed early in the evening. Morning person is someone who functions better in the morning, as compared to later in the day. The lark (bird) is primarily diurnal, which explains the choice of the word "lark" for people who may sleep from around 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Larks tend to feel most energetic just after they get up in the morning. They are thus well-suited for working the day shift. The opposite of a lark is a night owl夜猫子, someone who usually stays up late and may feel most awake in the evening. In several countries, such people are called "A-people" and night owls are called "B-people". Researchers traditionally use the terms morningness and eveningness. sing the praises of somebody/something or sing somebody's/something's praises 赞誉有加, 赞美, 称赞 to praise someone or something with enthusiasm. I hate the city, but my sister is always singing its praises. You've obviously made a good impression on Paul - he was singing your praises last night. Mat seems happy enough in Brighton - he's always singing its praises. 2. A string trimmer, also called a "weed eater" or a "weed-wacker", is a powered handheld device that uses a flexible monofilament line instead of a blade for cutting grass and other plants near objects. It consists of a cutting head at the end of a long shaft with a handle or handles and sometimes a shoulder strap. String trimmers may also be known as edge trimmers, line trimmers, whipper snippers, string trimmer, weed whips, strimmers and by many other local and brand names. 3. Separated at birth (totally look like, look-a-like, doppleganger, ) 孪生, 从未谋面的兄弟, usually phrased as a question, is a light-hearted media device for pointing out people who are unrelated but bear a notable facial resemblance, implying that they are twins who were separated soon after being born and presumably adopted by separate families. 4. I'd like to raise the teensiest(teeny = tiny) red flag ( raise a red flag 警觉, 有想法: "The whole transplant thing didn't raise a flag?" Often you will hear "raise a red flag" if something should be a cause for attention or for concern. Red flags have, prior to their relationship to Socialism or Communism, historically been associated with distress and to fighting to the bitter end, never surrendering or showing no mercy. I think that "to raise a flag" has a negative connotation, that something bad is happening. Certainly if you were "to raise a red flag", this would mean to bring something bad to someone's attention. When you put an important date on your calender, or send an important e-mail, you flag it. It just means you mark it as important. In this context raising a flag means thinking that something is important. Did the coroner not get suspicious about the transplant? Did the transplant not cause the coroner to think there was something important that he may have overlooked? flag I. To furnish or deck out with flags. II. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something. III. 拦下 (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc. Please flag down a taxi for me. IV. 表示, 表明. 提出, 标记 (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention. I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this. When you put an important date on your calender, or send an important e-mail, you flag it. V. (computing) To signal (an event). The compiler flagged three errors. VI. (computing) To set a program variable to true. Flag the debug option before running the program. n. I. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place. II. (computer science) In a command line interface, a notation requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.) on Angelina Jolie’s laudable decision Tuesday to go public about her health struggles in order to help other women benefit from her experience. 5. Wolfpack or wolf pack 狼群. 帮: I. Pack (canine), a group of wolves that live, feed, and travel as a family group. II. A group of friends who consider themselves different from the norm but are bound to each other because of their unique qualities. A brotherhood of attractive male friends who are bonded together by concentrated awesomeness. The wolfpack has a heirarchy; with leaders as well as those "out side the wolfpack" who although in physical proximity of the leaders will not be included in the enjoyment of Sex with women (Caught "Hunting") or heavy drinking. You can find a host of wolf packs within high school and college athletic programs. However, in nature, wolf packs are less about ferocity( 残暴. a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness. ferocious [fə'rəuʃəs] adj savagely fierce or cruel a ferocious tiger, a ferocious argument. ) and more about order. The complex wolf pack dynamics more resemble those of a teenage clique than a group of wild beasts. Of course, they still stalk prey, such as elk or rabbits, and get into vicious fights with each other, but you'll discover that these canines follow an incredibly sophisticated group hierarchy. Wolves naturally organize themselves into packs 自然成群 to maintain stability and assist with hunting. These are often groups of three to seven wolves led by an alpha male and alpha female. From there, the couple's pups and possibly younger, unrelated wolves comprise the rest of the pack. The pack leader isn't necessarily the alpha male. The alpha female takes the reins in certain groups since wolf rankings are based on strength and the ability to win fights, not gender. Although other wolves within the pack may copulate when prey abounds, the alpha pair are normally the only ones to mate. Multiple female wolves in the same pack can cause problems, however, since they fight with each other more often than males. The beta wolf comes next. Beta wolves act as the second in command, taking over if the alpha male dies and possibly remating with the alpha female. When an alpha grows weak or too old to effectively lead the pack, the beta wolf may challenge him or her to a winner-take-all brawl. On the bottom rung of the ladder, you have the omega wolf. As the name implies, the omega wolf is the weakest and the least cared for in the pack. Bullied by other members, the omega wolf will receive the brunt of the aggression(brunt The worst part or chief impact of a specified thing: "education will bear the brunt of the cuts".) in the wolf world, particularly during inter-pack fighting. Sometimes, this antagonism climaxes to the point that the omega wolf will leave the pack and go it alone. Aside from being the pack's punching bag, the omega wolf also instigates play among the wolves to ease tensions. 6. compulsive [kəmˈpʌlsɪv] adj. I. 极有趣的,令人着迷的, 让人上瘾的, 让人欲罢不能的, 有强迫力的, 不能拒绝的, 无法抗拒的, 情不自禁的, 情难自禁的. 难以自控的, 控制不住的. 有冲动的 不由自主的. (besetting, compelling, driving, instinctive, involuntary, irresistible,
overpowering, overwhelming, powerful, uncontrollable, urgent.). Having the capacity to compel: a frightening, compulsive novel. Their story makes compulsive reading. a compulsive urge. have a compulsive desire to cry. II. Psychology 强迫性的. 受迫性的. 成瘾的(addicted, habitual, incorrigible, incurable,obsessive, persistent.). Caused or conditioned by compulsion or obsession. He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling. Most compulsive gamblers are not successful. a compulsive eater. a compulsive liar. Obsessive compulsive disorder. . compulsory [kəmˈpʌlsəri] adj. 必须做的, 强制性的. Is English a compulsory subject? Attendance at the meeting is compulsory. 7. walk with purpose: 走路好像有什么事似的 it looks like you're going somewhere or you have something to do. bitter I. Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance). The coffee was bitter. II. 凛冽刺骨的. Harsh, piercing or stinging. A bitter wind blew from the north. It was at the end of February, ... when the world was cold, and a bitter wind howled down the moors.... III. Hateful or hostile. They're bitter enemies. IV. 心里泛酸的. 心里酸酸的, 心里不是滋味. 不高兴的. 不满意的. 心怀不满的. 有意见的. 酸溜溜的. Cynical and resentful. showing or caused by strong unrelenting hostility or resentment. He was still bitter about the divorce. I've been bitter ever since that defeat. Don't listen to those bitter ideas酸溜溜的想法(比如你去见网友, 对方说可能对方没有给你真照片, 别期待怎样, 这就是bitter ideas), just go to see him, and good luck. No one seemed care about him, he was ignored by everyone. My gut tells me he got a chip on his shoulder, he was bitter. cynical I. of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness. II. 不相信人的, 怀疑一切的. skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others. III. bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking. IV. 愤世嫉俗的, 目空一切的. showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions. jaded adj. I. 不热情的. 不当回事的. Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience. II. Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience. callous 心硬的, 无所谓的, 不当回事的. 漠不关心的, 没有同情心的 Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others. She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig. resentful I. Inclined to resent, who tends to harbor resentment, when wronged. II. 心怀不满的. Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment. have a chip on your shoulder to blame other people for something bad which has happened to you and to continue to be angry about it so that it affects the way you behave (often + about ) Even though he went to university, he's always had a chip on his shoulder about his poor upbringing. chip on one's shoulder Fig. a bad attitude that tends to get someone easily upset. (get ~; have ~; give one ~.) Why did you get so angry at the slightest criticism? You seem to have a chip on your shoulder. 8. glutton [ˈɡlʌtn] adj. I. gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days." n. I. 暴饮暴食的人. One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer. "Such a glutton would eat until his belly hurts." II. (figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess. A person with an inordinate capacity to receive or withstand something: a glutton for punishment/work. glutton for punishment 奋不顾身的人, 不顾一切的人, 一切都能豁出去的人, 豁出去的人, 不怕死的人, 不怕吃苦的人 (idiomatic) One persistent in an effort in spite of harmful or unpleasant results. I should have quit this job long ago, but I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. I told my brother he could ask his best friend to come along to the movies with us - I really must be a glutton for punishment. So as well as a full-time job and a family to look after, she's started taking an evening class. She's a glutton for punishment, that woman. gluttony [ˈglʌtənɪ] n. the act or practice of eating to excess. gluttonous adj. I. tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious. II. greedy; insatiable. glut [glʌt] n. I. an excessive amount, as in the production of a crop, often leading to a fall in price. II. the act of glutting or state of being glutted. vb. I. to feed or supply beyond capacity. to glut the appetite. to glut oneself with candy. II. 供应过量. 使过剩. to supply (a market) with a commodity in excess of the demand for it. III. 堵塞. to cram full or choke up to glut a passage/channel. a drug/glut on the market 过剩 something that is on the market in great abundance. Right now, small computers are a drug on the market. Twenty years ago, small transistor radios were a glut on the market. glut someone or something with something to overfill someone or something with something. The hungry lions glutted themselves with the meat of their recent kill. Sally would glut herself with doughnuts, given the chance. gluten ['glu:tən] 烘烤面包加入这个能使面包更抱团 n. 麦麸. 麸质, 面筋. a protein consisting of a mixture of glutelin and gliadin, present in cereal grains, esp wheat. A gluten-free diet is necessary in cases of coeliac腹腔 disease. 9. The concept of spiritual death精神死亡 has varying meanings in various uses and contexts. "Spiritually dead" person may mean someone who is not spiritual (materialist唯物主义的, atheist) - one, who identifies himself with dead matter, though he is a living conscious being. Thus first meaning for "spiritual death" is "to become atheist". Another, narrow, "purified" meaning of "spiritual death" is "death in a spiritual way", "to die being a spiritual person, not being an atheist". Thus this means that "spiritual death" relates to two egos: soul (real self, which is eternal), and ego (false self, which is temporary or material). Difference in meanings come from misidentification of eternal soul to be "spiritually dead" or "material", which is nonsense for theist. For theist there is no such thing as "spiritual death". Matter can be only dead, and soul can only be eternal. As put by the LDS Church, "the body is as a glove, and the spirit the hand that moves". Combination of matter and spirit is impossible. One cannot say "dead life", or "alive death". For contrast you can guess what is the meaning of "material life: life is always spiritual, though "material life" would mean just "to live having materialistic values". 10. A funnel 漏斗 is a pipe with a wide mouth, good for feeding, often conical mouth and a narrow stem. It is used to channel liquid or fine-grained substances into containers with a small opening. Without a funnel, spillage would occur. rathole 老鼠洞 I. a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats. II. a small dirty uncomfortable room. pull something off I. Inf. 做成. 完成. 成功实现, 弄成. to manage to make something happen. Yes, I can pull it off. Do you think you can pull off this deal? II. and pull something off (of) someone or something Lit. to tug or drag something off someone or something else. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Sam pulled the covers off the bed and fell into it, dead tired. He pulled off his clothes and stepped into the shower. pull off (something) to steer or turn a vehicle off the road. I pulled off the road and rested for a while. I had to pull off and rest. . "to pull it off" was at one time used meaning "to win." And in sentences such as, I don't think you can pull it off弄不成. 做不了. it often implies the idea of "success.". I really want to do that, I've tried a lot of times but I just couldn't pull it off. go about something/doing something to do something. to approach the doing of something in a particular way. We'd
like to help but we're not sure how to go about it. How do you go about
getting a visa? How should I go about researching this topic? Would you
tell me how to go about it? go about your business 该干啥干啥, 当什么事都没有发生过, 做自己的事, 平常一样做事 to do what you usually do. How could she make such a big mistake and then go about her business as if it never happened? pull someone through (something) 挺过去. 挺过难关. 度过危险. to help someone survive or get through something difficult. With the help of the doctor, we pulled her through her illness. With lots of encouragement, we pulled her through. pull through (something) to survive something. to experience difficulties and continue to live or succeed I am sure that your uncle will pull through the illness. I'm glad he pulled through. come through I. (idiomatic) To survive, to endure. He came through the surgery ok. II. (intransitive, idiomatic) To succeed. The team came through in the end and won the pennant. III. (with an object preceded by the preposition for) for someone with sth. 实现对someone给sth的诺言 Not to let somebody down, keep one's promise. to produce or deliver something as promised. She really came through for us when the project was in trouble. Finally, Bob came through with the money he had promised. I knew he would come through. come through something and come through Fig. to pass through something. Please come through the entrance slowly. Please chain the gate up again when you come through. come through something (with flying colors) 轻松过关, 有惊无险的过关, 挺过去. Fig. to survive something quite well. (See also with flying colors. Colors here refers originally to flags.) Todd came through the test with flying colors. Mr. Franklin came through the operation with flying colors. skiddy I. Liable to skid or cause skidding. tending to skid or cause skidding: a light, skiddy car; skiddy roads. II. 有屎点子的. The state of your pants (UK) or shorts (US) if they have a poo stain inside, possibly because you haven't wiped your bum, or farted and followed through. Darling, your pants are rather skiddy. You might want to apply some vanish before you wash them. 11. gullible ['gʌləbəl] adj 容易上当的, 容易被骗的. easily taken in or tricked. Easily deceived or duped. Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence. Classes of people especially vulnerable to exploitation due to gullibility include children, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled. toss and turn 翻来覆去, 辗转反侧 to be unable to sleep because of worrying. (of someone lying down, asleep or attempting to sleep) to be constantly moving, unable to lie still. Bernard was tossing and turning all night. I didn't get a wink of sleep. I was tossing and turning all night long. 12. teaser ['ti:zə] I. a difficult question. A puzzling problem. II. Slang An attention-getting vignette or highlight presented before the start of a television show. A short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show. III. An advertisement that attracts customers by offering something extra or free. a preliminary advertisement in a campaign that attracts attention by making people curious to know what product is being advertised. cockteaser = prickteaser 点火不灭火的人 n. (vulgar, slang) A habitual cocktease; someone who is flirtatious and frequently sexually arouses men without providing sexual release. cocktease n. (vulgar) One who acts so as to sexually arouse a man, but does not provide sexual release. vt. To act so as to sexually arouse a man without providing sexual release. wiki: A teaser campaign is an advertising campaign which typically consists of a series of small, cryptic, challenging advertisements that anticipate a larger, full-blown campaign for a product launch or otherwise important event. These advertisements are called "teasers" or "teaser ads". A teaser trailer (sneak peek 是电影的真实片段) for an upcoming film, television program, video game or similar, is usually released long in advance of the product, so as to "tease" the audience. Movie teasers are usually only made for big-budget and popularly themed movies. Their purpose is less to tell the audience about a movie's content than simply to let them know that the movie is coming up in the near future, and to add to the hype of the upcoming release. Teaser trailers are often made while the film is still in production or being edited and as a result they may feature scenes or alternate versions of scenes that are not in the finished film. Often they contain no dialogue and some (notably Pixar films) have scenes made for use in the trailer only. Teaser trailers today are increasingly focused on internet downloading and the fan convention circut (A fan convention, or con (term antedates 1942), is an event in which fans of a particular film, television series, comic book, actor, or an entire genre of entertainment such as science fiction or anime and manga, gather to participate and hold programs and other events, and to meet experts, famous personalities, and each other. Some also incorporate commercial activity.). Some teaser trailers show a quick montage of scenes from the film.
皮条业: A pimp is an agent (usually male) for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings. This act is called procuring or pandering( pander I. 拉皮条. To act as a go-between or liaison in sexual intrigues; function as a procurer. II. To cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses. to give gratification (to weaknesses or desires): "He refused to pander to nostalgia and escapism". to pander to vulgar tastes. pander to someone or something 取悦 to cater toward undesirable tastes or people with undesirable tastes. to give someone what they want, although it may not be good or right for them. to accept or support something bad in order to get an advantage. All your writing seems to pander to persons with poor taste. You are pandering to the moral dregs of society. TV stations pander to viewers who don't seem to get enough of sex and violence. He is the worst sort of politician, who panders to fear to win votes. procure [prə'kjuə] vb I. (tr) to obtain or acquire; secure. managed. to procure a pass. procure a solution to a knotty 乱糟糟的, 千头万绪的 problem. II. to obtain (women or girls) to act as prostitutes. procure something (from someone or something) (for someone or something) to get something from someone or something for someone or some purpose. I will procure a copy of the paper from Kelly for you. I have to procure a book for my sister. ). The pimp may receive this money in return for advertising services, physical protection, or for providing, and possibly monopolizing, a location where he or she (i.e. the prostitute) may engage clients. A woman who runs a brothel is known as a madam( 鸨母, 老鸨. English has no shortage of terms for women whose behavior is viewed as licentious, but it is difficult to come up with a list of comparable terms used of men. One researcher, Julia Penelope, stopped counting after she reached 220 such labels for women, both current and historical, but managed to locate only 20 names for promiscuous men. Murial R. Schultz found more than 500 slang terms for prostitute but could find just 65 for the male terms whoremonger and pimp. A further imbalance appears in the connotations of many of these terms. While the terms generally applying only to women, like tramp and slut, are almost always strongly negative, corresponding terms used for men, such as stud and Casanova( Casanova[ˌkæsəˈnəuvə] 花花公子 I. A man who is amorously and gallantly attentive to women. II. A promiscuous man; a philanderer. ), often carry positive associations. Curiously, many of the negative terms used for women derive from words that once had neutral or even positive associations. For instance, the word mistress, now mainly used to refer to a woman who is involved in an extramarital sexual relationship, originally served simply as a neutral counterpart to mister or master. The term madam, while still a respectful form of address, has had sexual connotations since the early 1700s and has been used to refer to the owner of a brothel since the early 1900s.) rather than a pimp. Like prostitution, the legality合法性 of certain actions of a madam or a pimp vary from one region to the next. Pimps may punish johns(街上或酒吧里找鸡的嫖客, 也叫trick) for physical abuse or failure to pay, advertise services to potential clients without alerting police, and enforce exclusive rights to 'turf' where their prostitutes may advertise and operate with less competition. In the many places where prostitution is outlawed, sex workers have decreased incentive to report abuse for fear of self-incrimination(给自己找麻烦. 暴漏自己. Incrimination of oneself, especially by one's own testimony in a criminal prosecution. the act of incriminating oneself or exposing oneself to prosecution, esp. by giving evidence or testimony. Self-incrimination is the act of accusing oneself of a crime for which a person can then be prosecuted. Self-incrimination can occur either directly or indirectly: directly, by means of interrogation where information of a self-incriminatory nature is disclosed; indirectly, when information of a self-incriminatory nature is disclosed voluntarily without pressure from another person. incriminate [ɪnˈkrɪmɪˌneɪt] I. To accuse of a crime or other wrongful act. II. To cause to appear guilty of a crime or fault; implicate: testimony that incriminated the defendant. incriminate unjustly = frame, prearrange 陷害. ), and increased motivation to seek any physical protection from clients and law enforcement that a pimp might provide. The pimp-prostitute relationship can be abusive and possessive, with the pimp/madam using techniques such as psychological intimidation心理恫吓, 恐吓, manipulation, starvation, rape and/or gang rape, beating, confinement, threats of violence暴力威胁 toward the victim's family, forced drug use and the shame from these acts. Pimps can be arrested and charged with pandering and are legally known as procurers. Pimping is sometimes operated like a business. The pimp may have a bottom girl who serves as office manager, keeping the pimp apprised of law-enforcement activity and collecting money from the prostitutes. The pimp business has an internal structure – built around violence – for dealing with rule breakers. For example, pimps have been known to employ a "pimp stick皮条客的拐杖, 杀威棒", which is two coat hangers wrapped together, in order to subdue unruly prostitutes 制服不听话的. A variation is a "pimp cane", used for similar purposes. Another punishment for disobedient prostitutes is to "trunk" them, where the pimp locks the prostitute in the trunk of a car. Although prostitutes are supposedly free to move between pimps, this movement sometimes leads to violence. For example, a prostitute could be punished for merely looking at another pimp; this is considered "reckless eyeballing( eyeball I. 查看. To look over carefully; scrutinize. II. 目测. To measure or estimate roughly by sight: eyeballed the area of the wall that needed paint. eyeball to eyeball in close confrontation, face-to-face and often very close; in person. They approached each other eyeball-to-eyeball and frowned. Let's talk more when we are eyeball-to-eyeball.)". Violence is also used on customers, for example if the customer attempts to evade payment or becomes unruly with a prostitute. Loverboy is slang for young men (boys) who lure underage girls into prostitution. It is a significant problem in many countries including the Netherlands and it is estimated there are 1,500 victims a year. One of the factors is that immigrant groups of boys leverage their sexual sophistication over the native Protestant Christian population. Even though loverboys use kidnapping, gang rape and other coercive and intimidating techniques on their victims, politician Jamila Yahyaoui notes as of 2009 only 5 cases led to convictions. Because of the young age, fear and emotional dependence of the girls and the vagueness of what exactly happened, many times loverboys and their associates can only be charged with having sex with a minor未成年人 and get short sentences. Since the Internet became widely available, it has become the preferred medium for prostitution. Prostitutes increasingly use websites to solicit sexual encounters. In turn, pimps have used these sites to broker their women.
run相关的词组: run with it to do something independently. You just have to give them the job and let them run with it. pick up/take the ball and run (with it) (mainly American) to take an idea or plan and develop it further This is a good proposal. I think we should pick up the ball and run with it. 例子: Sheldon: Oh, I understand the confusion. I have never said that you are not good at what you do. It's just that what you do is not worth doing. Leonard: It's nicer than anything he's ever said to me. I'd take it and run(
I. I believe the more common version (or maybe the older one) is "to
take the ball and run with it." It must come from a coach's command to a
reluctant football player. It's a way of saying, "Go for the goal. You have everything you need to be able to make it there and win!" Typically,
employers use this phrase to tell an employee that she has the
delegated authority to continue with a project proposal. "OK, Jane. I'm sold on this idea. Take it and run with it." II. It
also might be used in a sketch comedy troupe. One actor might pick up
the idea of the gag (joke) and continue the joke in a further or
different direction. We would say that he, "took the gag and ran with it." III. You
could also use this phrase to describe a student who is learning to
apply a new skill. Once the student has the basics down, then it's time
to "take the ball and run with it." ). a dry run (British, American & Australian) also a dummy run 试运行, 试跑 (British & Australian) an occasion when you practise doing something to make sure there will be no problems when you really do it. We decided to do a dry run at the church the day before the wedding. We'd better have a couple of dummy runs before we do the real thing. run its course if something runs its course, it continues naturally until it has finished. Many people believe that feminism has run its course. The doctor insisted I rest for a few days while the infection ran its course. run the show (informal) to be in charge of an organization or an activity (often in continuous tenses). He started off working in the kitchen and now he's running the show. run into a stone wall碰壁, 撞南墙了. Fig. to come to a barrier against further progress. We've run into a stone wall in our investigation. Algebra was hard for Tom, but he really ran into a stone wall with geometry. run up to some place to travel to a place quickly or for a brief time. Let's run up to the lake for the weekend. run interference to turn attention away from something. to help someone achieve something by dealing with the people or problems that might prevent them from doing so (usually + for ). When it comes to finding a hotel room, you'll be glad to have a tourist guide run interference for you. She wanted a minute alone with him to say goodbye, so her sister ran interference for her with the other guests 引开, 吸引注意力. Buddy ran interference with his parents to keep them from finding out that Tom was a bit drunk. run in the family if a particular quality or ability runs in the family, a lot of people in that family have it. Athletic ability runs in the family: his father played basketball in college and his mother was a high school athlete. make a run for it to suddenly run fast in order to escape from somewhere or get to somewhere When the guard turned away, the two prisoners made a run for it. Let's make a run for it as soon as the rain lets up a bit. run one's hand/fingers through one's hair to comb one's hair with one's fingers. I came in out of the wind and ran my fingers through my hair to straighten it out a bit. He ran his hand through his hair and tried to make himself presentable. We must learn to walk before we can run学会走再学跑. Prov. You must master a basic skill before you are able to learn more complex things. Maria wanted to make a tailored jacket as her first sewing project, but her mother convinced her that she should make something much simpler; she would have to learn to walk before she could run. You never miss the water till the well runs dry 失去才知珍惜. Prov. People are not grateful for what they have until they lose it. Jill: I never realized what a good friend Jeanie was until she moved away. Jane: You never miss the water till the well runs dry. Run that/it by (me) again. Inf. Please repeat what you just said.; Please go over that one more time. Alice: Do you understand? Sue: No. I really didn't understand what you said. Run that by me again, if you don't mind. John: Put this piece into the longer slot and the remaining piece into the slot on the bottom. Sue: Run that by again. I got lost just after put. Mary: Keep to the right, past the fork in the road, then turn right at the crossroads. Do you follow? Jane: No. Run it by me again. a run for one's money I. Fig. the results or rewards one deserves, expects, or wants. ( get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I get a run for my money at the club tennis tournament. I had a run for my money in the stock market. II. Fig. a challenge. (get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) Bob got a run for his money when he tried to beat Mary at pool. Bill got a run for his money playing cards with John.
