run down
順著…流下;停止,耗盡,使精疲力竭;誹謗,說…壞話;撞倒,詆毀,破舊的
run down
v 1: trace; "We are running down a few tips" [syn: check out]
2: move downward; "The water ran down"
3: injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle [syn: run
over]
4: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At
the end of the march, I pooped out" [syn: poop out, peter
out, run out, conk out]
5: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while
waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance
over]
6: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
strength" [syn: exhaust, play out, sap, tire]
7: pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"