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

• The river was beginning to run dry.
  河水开始干涸起来。
• In the end the Volga's waters will run dry.
  伏尔加河水终将干涸。
• To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, it must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.
  随着大型油井的枯竭，要想从北海的石油和天然气开采中盈利，必须着力于开采小储量的油井。
• Streams had run dry for the first time in memory.
  记忆中，小溪第一次干涸了。
• This stream will never run dry.
  这条溪流永不会枯干。
• Three days into production, the kitty had run dry.
  才投产3天凑集的钱就用光了。
• Now, the wells have run dry, too.
  现在，这里的水井也没水了。
• I will love you to the time of the seas run dry and the rocks crumble.
  我将爱你直到海枯石烂。河上有一座破烂不堪的、古老的、灰色的小石桥。
• 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。