run inとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

run in

1. (transitive, informal, chiefly passive) To arrest.

   The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in.

2. (transitive, Britain) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.

   I have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in.

3. (figuratively) To start a new regime slowly.

   Synonym: phase in

4. (rugby) To score (a try).
   • 2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.

5. (printing) To insert (a word, etc.) without making a break or new paragraph.
6. (printing) To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.

アナグラム

• inrun, inurn

発音

名詞

run-in (複数形 run-ins)

1. An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty.
   • 2004, Pamela Morsi, Suburban Renewal (page 95)

     During that time he had two more run-ins with the law. One involved the sale of stolen property. The other was for a series of hot checks.

2. The end-phase of a competition.

   Yahoo Sport's Leicester City blogger Helen Nutter gets ready for the Premier League run-in knowing her side - incredibly - still have a great chance of being crowned champions

アナグラム

• inrun, inurn