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run

/rʌn/

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variant 1: ran
variant 2: running

1 · verb

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

奔跑；奔；跑

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Several wild horses ran across the vast grassland.
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几匹野马在辽阔的草原上奔跑。
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