English Dictionary

runaway

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹʌnəweɪ/

名詞

限定用法 通常

A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions. / A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.

日本語の意味

逃亡者：自分の意思で走り去るか、逃げ出した人や動物、または監禁や規制から逃れるために走り去った組織。 / 暴走車両：制御不能な状態になった車両、特に列車など。

The shelter found a runaway hiding behind the warehouse and called his parents.

その保護施設は倉庫の裏に隠れていた家出した人を見つけ、彼の両親に連絡した。

意味（1）

A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.

Runaway children are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.

意味（2）

A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.

On New Year's Day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate, was averted by the aid of the telegraph. A collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend; and the driver having leaped from his engine, the latter started alone at full speed to London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and other stations; and while the line was kept clear, an engine and other arrangements were prepared as a buttress to receive the runaway.

意味（3）

(usually attributive) An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.

On the chart, the start of a runaway is marked by a box

意味（4）

The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams.

The drivers were generally boys […] They would stop the team when other boats passed and at locks while waiting for the water to rise or fall. They could also be useful in preventing or stopping runaways. Horses were easily startled and might bolt off the tow path or into the canal itself.

意味（5）

An overwhelming victory.

The home side won in a runaway.

runaways （ plural ）