词典释义：
a person that runs, especially in a specified way
跑动者
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Mary was a fast runner .玛丽跑得快。
a person who runs competitively as a sport or hobby
赛跑者
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a 400 metres runner .４００米赛跑者。
a horse that runs in a particular race
赛跑的马
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there were only four runners .只有四匹马参加赛跑。
a vehicle or machine that operates in a satisfactory or specified way
性能良好的车（或机器）
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the van was a good and reliable runner .这辆货车性能良好、可靠。
a messenger, collector, or agent for a bank, bookmaker, or similar
（银行，出版者等的）送信人；收账人；代理人，代理商。
an orderly in the army
（部队的）传令兵；通讯员；勤务兵。
〈英，非正式〉 个体古董商。
〈英， 非正式〉 （工作或职位的）争夺者；竞争者。
〈英， 非正式〉 可能被接受的想法；切实可行的建议
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trying to determine whether a tax on books is a runner .试图决定对书籍征税是否切实可行。
【板球】 （在三柱门之间为受伤的击球手跑动的）跑动板球员。
[in combination] a person who smuggles specified goods into or out of a country or area
走私者
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a gun-runner .一名枪支走私者。
a rod, groove, or blade on which something slides
滑行装置；滑道；滑槽；冰刀。
each of the long pieces on the underside of a sledge that forms the contact in sliding
（雪橇的）滑板，雪板。
(常作
（移动重物的）滚杠。
a ring capable of slipping or sliding along a strap or rod or through which something may be passed or drawn
滑圈。
【航海】 滑车吊索。
a shoot, typically leafless, which grows from the base of a plant along the surface of the ground and can take root at points along its length
蔓，长匐茎，纤匐枝。
a plant that spreads by means of such shoots
有长匐茎的植物。
a twining plant
蔓生植物，攀缘植物。
a long, narrow rug or strip of carpet, especially for a hall or stairway
（尤指大厅或楼梯用的）长条地毯。
(亦作
回转磨石，上磨盘。
〈古〉 警官。参见<Bold>BOW</Bold> <Bold>STREET</Bold> <Bold>RUNNER</Bold>.
(亦作
见<Bold>IＮＤIＡＮ ＲＵＮＮＥＲ</Bold>.
a fast-swimming fish of the jack family, occurring in tropical seas
（热带海洋的）青鲹。
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do a runner Brit. informal leave hastily, especially to avoid paying for something or to escape from somewhere 〈英，非正式〉 （尤指为躲债或逃离某地而）匆忙离开，急忙逃走
