run-in

短语
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n. 争吵, 试车, 插入部分, 接排 [化] 磨合运转; 磨合试车

发音

US

词形变化

run-ins 复数 more run-in 比较级 most run-in 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

试车；插入部分；争论

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty.

  2. 2.

    The end-phase of a competition etc.

    Yahoo Sport's Leicester City blogger Helen Nutter gets ready for the Premier League run-in knowing her side - incredibly - still have a great chance of being crowned champions

  3. 3.

    A sudden compression between two coupled railcars when the hinder one is moving faster than the fore one.

adj.
  1. 1.

    (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.

    媒体 印刷

    These headings are of the run-in type because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches.

  2. 2.

    (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.

    工程

    A well run-in engine is likelier to consume less crankcase oil over the course of its working life.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

words row quarrel wrangle dustup

上位词 4

difference conflict dispute difference of opinion

下位词 10

fuss spat bickering altercation tiff squabble bicker fracas affray bust-up

词源

Derived from the verb run into. For the meaning "end-phase", it presumably comes a marathon race, where in the final part the runners run into the stadium and complete a lap.

来源：wiktionary