/'rʌnə(r); `rʌnɚ/
n
1 person or animal that runs; one taking part in a race 奔跑的人或动物; 赛跑的人或动物
*a long-distance runner 长跑者
* There are eight runners (ie horses competing) in the final race. 有八匹马参加决赛.
2 messenger, esp for a bank or stockbroker信差; 送信人; （尤指银行或股票经纪人的）跑外.
3 (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) person smuggling the goods stated into or out of an area 偷运某货物出入某地的人; 走私者
*`drug-runners 偷运毒品的人
* `gun-runners 走私枪枝的人.
4 metal or wood strip on which sth slides or moves along （金属制的或木制的）条状滑行装置
*the runners (ie blades) of my ice-skates 我的冰鞋上的冰刀
* sledge runners 雪橇的滑板.
5 creeping plant stem that can take root 匍匐茎; 纤匐枝
*strawberry runners 草莓纤匐枝.
6 long narrow strip of embroidered cloth, lace, etc placed on a sideboard, table, etc for ornament or protection （铺于餐具柜、桌子等上的）长条　花饰布、饰带等.

n[C]
someone who runs for sport or pleasure
→jogger
　a long-distance runner
　a marathon runner
a horse that runs in a race
　The runners and riders appear in Friday's Racing Post.
do a runner
BrE informal to leave somewhere quickly in order to avoid paying for something or having to meet someone
　By the time the police got there, the boys had done a runner.
one of the two thin pieces of metal under a sledge, or the single piece of metal under a skate
the bar of wood or metal that a drawer or curtain slides along
technical a stem on a plant that grows along the ground and then puts down roots to form a new plant
a long narrow piece of cloth or carpet
→drug runner,gun runneratgun-running, front-runner