run inとは

意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

run in (複数形 run ins)

1. Alternative spelling of run-in

動詞

run in (三人称単数 現在形 runs in, 現在分詞 running in, 過去形 ran in, 過去分詞 run in)

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

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

   (compare also run down)

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.

   • 1959 February, A. G. Dunbar, “The "Dunalastair I" 4-4-0s of the Caledonian”, in Trains Illustrated, page 87:

     It was run in by Ranochan of Polmadie on the forenoon slow to Carlisle and the afternoon slow back to the North.

   Synonym: break in (他動詞 sense)

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.

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