runner

名词 runner:

1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties
   同义词：smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser
2. someone who travels on foot by running
3. a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
4. a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
   同义词：base runner
5. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
   同义词：stolon, offset
6. a trained athlete who competes in foot races
7. a long narrow carpet
8. device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
9. fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
   同义词：blue runner, Caranx crysos

1. The runner spurted as he approached the line.
   那赛跑选手在接近终点线时加速冲刺。
2. The race really stretched him/his skill as a runner.
   这次赛跑对他这个参赛者[他的水平]来说，确是勉为其难。
3. I'm a long-distance runner, not a sprinter.
   我是长跑运动员，不是短跑运动员。
4. The runner made a further attempt on the5,000 meters record that summer.
   那年夏天，这位长跑运动员再次试图打破5,000米的记录。
5. The runner shot ahead (of the rest).
   那个赛跑的人向前飞奔而去(把其他人抛在後面).
6. There are eight runners in the final race.
   最后的赛程中有八匹马参加。