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Definition of runnel in English: runnelnoun ˈrʌn(ə)lˈrənl 1A gutter. 沟；水沟 muddy lanes with runnels for effluent Example sentencesExamples - Trickling water from a wall fountain flows through a stair-stepped runnel (water channel) into the patio below to provide soothing sound.
- To accentuate the runnel, some flagstones along it were positioned bottom side up.
- In keeping with a project goal to make greening strategies visible to the public, the rainwater not retained by the vegetated roof is directed via surface runnels to water storage.
- What routes and courses might emerge from building little channels and runnels?
- A glass bottomed runnel, which collects water during the short and torrential rains, doubles as a skylight over a glass shower and over the guest room below.
- 1.1 A brook or rill.
小河，小溪 Example sentencesExamples - His dumpy women bathers at the Hermitage and the Leiden Museum sit under such trees, with Rembrandtian simplicity dabbling their feet in mere runnels of water.
- The steep slope locally has parallel V-shaped runnels normal to the shelf edge.
- Now the river is no more than a runnel, and his paintings articulate the artist's inner musings and memories.
- In general, he has a predilection for the rills and runnels of the past, the tributaries of history rather than what you might consider to be its mainstreams.
- In Pune, the oft-maligned Osho Community converted a polluted runnel into a green haven using nature's own sustainable, purifying, systems.
- From the sketches in Seilacher's paper, we learned that the black dots visible in our photographs might be holes that led straight down a fraction of an inch to a horizontal network of tubes or runnels just beneath the sediment surface.
- 1.2 A small stream of a particular liquid.
（液体的）细流 一串汗珠。 Example sentencesExamples - His head snapped up, showing his tears trailing in runnels down his handsome face.
- The rivulets and runnels of Celtic Park are lined with the pictures, mementoes and iconography of former glory.
- Luther walked down the dusty streets of Cantrip, runnels of sweat trickling down his back.
- We snickered at the warm runnels of amber oil running down our forearms and dripping off our elbows as we savored the wonderful meat.
- ‘Amen,’ Joe echoed and bowed his head and tears slowly slid down his cheeks forming runnels through the dust that had coated his skin as a result of his labours.
- Water ran in runnels down his cheeks and dripped from his chin.
- Mr Spire seemed of the same mind and was washing his hands in a runnel of dew among a garble of tree roots.
- The sun's blaring in my eyes, sweat's trickling down my back in runnels, and he comes walking up the hill, a heavy jacket zipped up to the neck on this hot August day.
Synonyms trickle, dribble, drip, drop, droplet, stream, rivulet
OriginLate 16th century (denoting a brook or rill): variant of dialect rindle, influenced by the verb run. RhymesChunnel, funnel, gunnel, gunwale, tunnel Definition of runnel in US English: runnelnounˈrənlˈrənl 1A narrow channel in the ground for liquid to flow through. Example sentencesExamples - To accentuate the runnel, some flagstones along it were positioned bottom side up.
- In keeping with a project goal to make greening strategies visible to the public, the rainwater not retained by the vegetated roof is directed via surface runnels to water storage.
- What routes and courses might emerge from building little channels and runnels?
- Trickling water from a wall fountain flows through a stair-stepped runnel (water channel) into the patio below to provide soothing sound.
- A glass bottomed runnel, which collects water during the short and torrential rains, doubles as a skylight over a glass shower and over the guest room below.
- 1.1 A brook or rill.
小河，小溪 Example sentencesExamples - From the sketches in Seilacher's paper, we learned that the black dots visible in our photographs might be holes that led straight down a fraction of an inch to a horizontal network of tubes or runnels just beneath the sediment surface.
- Now the river is no more than a runnel, and his paintings articulate the artist's inner musings and memories.
- In Pune, the oft-maligned Osho Community converted a polluted runnel into a green haven using nature's own sustainable, purifying, systems.
- His dumpy women bathers at the Hermitage and the Leiden Museum sit under such trees, with Rembrandtian simplicity dabbling their feet in mere runnels of water.
- In general, he has a predilection for the rills and runnels of the past, the tributaries of history rather than what you might consider to be its mainstreams.
- The steep slope locally has parallel V-shaped runnels normal to the shelf edge.
- 1.2 A small stream of a particular liquid.
（液体的）细流 一串汗珠。 Example sentencesExamples - The rivulets and runnels of Celtic Park are lined with the pictures, mementoes and iconography of former glory.
- We snickered at the warm runnels of amber oil running down our forearms and dripping off our elbows as we savored the wonderful meat.
- ‘Amen,’ Joe echoed and bowed his head and tears slowly slid down his cheeks forming runnels through the dust that had coated his skin as a result of his labours.
- The sun's blaring in my eyes, sweat's trickling down my back in runnels, and he comes walking up the hill, a heavy jacket zipped up to the neck on this hot August day.
- Water ran in runnels down his cheeks and dripped from his chin.
- His head snapped up, showing his tears trailing in runnels down his handsome face.
- Luther walked down the dusty streets of Cantrip, runnels of sweat trickling down his back.
- Mr Spire seemed of the same mind and was washing his hands in a runnel of dew among a garble of tree roots.
Synonyms trickle, dribble, drip, drop, droplet, stream, rivulet
OriginLate 16th century (denoting a brook or rill): variant of dialect rindle, influenced by the verb run. |