run upon sorts

短语

词形变化

runs upon sorts 三单 running upon sorts 现在分词 ran upon sorts 过去式

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To use or require a greater number of some particular letters or symbols than the regular proportion, as, for example, when making an index.

    过时 媒体 印刷

    The writer remembers once printing a large index of map titles, which ran upon sorts so peculiarly that a two hundred-pound font of body letter had to be provided with two hundred pounds of sorts before the job was completed.