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runway

[ ruhn-wey ]

noun

  1. a way along which something runs.
  2. a paved or cleared strip on which planes land and take off.
  3. a similar strip on which cars, trucks, or the like may park, load, or enter the stream of traffic.
  4. the beaten track or habitual path of deer or other wild animals.
  5. a fairly large enclosure in which domestic animals may range about:

    a runway for dogs.

  6. the bed of a stream.
  7. a narrow platform or ramp extending from a stage into the orchestra pit or into an aisle, as in a theater.


runway

/ 藞谤蕦苍藢飞别瑟 /

noun

  1. a hard level roadway or other surface from which aircraft take off and on which they land
  2. an enclosure for domestic animals; run
  3. forestry a chute for sliding logs down
  4. a narrow ramp extending from the stage into the audience in a theatre, nightclub, etc, esp as used by models in a fashion show
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of runway1

An Americanism dating back to 1825鈥35; run + way 1
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An airport has launched an investigation after it was forced to close its runway when the undercarriage of a light aircraft collapsed.

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Last month Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said that she was "minded" to give consent for the airport to bring its second runway into use.

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She said the airport was "at the heart of the UK's openness" and said a new runway would connect the country to emerging markets.

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Minutes later, a private jet skidded off the runway, shutting it down.

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If anyone can identify with Koy鈥檚 experience it鈥檚 Iglesias, who had his own emergency landing in 2023 when a private jet he was on skidded off the runway and landed in a field.

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