名詞 runner:

1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties
   同義詞：smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser
2. someone who travels on foot by running
3. a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
4. a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
   同義詞：base runner
5. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
   同義詞：stolon, offset
6. a trained athlete who competes in foot races
7. a long narrow carpet
8. device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
9. fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
   同義詞：blue runner, Caranx crysos

1. The runner spurted as he approached the line.
   那賽跑選手在接近終點線時加速沖刺。
2. The race really stretched him/his skill as a runner.
   這次賽跑對他這個參賽者[他的水平]來說，確是勉為其難。
3. I'm a long-distance runner, not a sprinter.
   我是長跑運動員，不是短跑運動員。
4. The runner made a further attempt on the5,000 meters record that summer.
   那年夏天，這位長跑運動員再次試圖打破5,000米的記錄。
5. The runner shot ahead (of the rest).
   那個賽跑的人向前飛奔而去(把其他人拋在後面).
6. There are eight runners in the final race.
   最后的賽程中有八匹馬參加。