| 词汇 | run for cover |
| 释义 | run for coverrun for cover a) to run towards a place where you will be safe, especially to avoid bullets 跑向安全的地方〔尤指为躲避子弹〕 He was shot in the leg as he ran for cover. 他跑着找地方躲避的时候，腿部中了弹。 b) to try to protect yourself from a bad situation or from being criticized 躲避；使〔自己〕不受批评 His success at backing winning horses has had the bookmakers running for cover. 他赌马总是押对，已经让赌马经纪人避之唯恐不及。 Examples from the Corpus run for cover• At the sound of gunfire, people ran for cover.• The neighborhood children will run for cover.• Signs of trouble on Wall Street sent investors running for cover.• I managed to land on all fours and started to run for cover.• Panicked marchers and onlookers ran for cover.• All the fish in the country will have to run for cover after what happened to me this week!• Populations of wild game ran for cover, and were subsequently replaced by domesticated livestock.• Below, people were running for cover as bits of machinery rained down.• I explained all that to Chatterton, but stressed that we would run for cover at the first sign of trouble.• The Doctor ran for cover, grabbing the poet's sleeve and pulling him to the side. → run for cover at run1(6) |
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