| 词汇 | drain |
| 释义 | drainUK:*/ˈdreɪn/US:/dreɪn/ ,(drān)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:US Southern:Jamaican: 主要翻译 drain n (water pipe)下水道；排水管The water ran down the drain.水流入了排水管。 drain n (depletion)耗尽；耗竭；消耗This project is too expensive; it's a drain on our resources.这个项目代价太大，它会耗尽我们的资源。 drain [sth] vtr (empty)排空；流干；放干The farmer drained the pond.农民把水塘中的水放空了。 drain [sth] vtr (separate liquid)沥干；使（液体）流干Simon cooked the potatoes and then drained them.西蒙先是烹饪了土豆，然后再将它们沥干。 drain [sth] vtr figurative (energy or resource) (精力等)耗尽, 使筋疲力尽Nancy drained her bank account.南希耗尽了自己的存款。 drain vi (water)排水，流走，流入，排走；滴下，流下The soil was soaked and the water took ages to drain.土壤湿透了，积水花了老半天才排走。 其他翻译 drain n (medicine: device to draw off fluid)引流The doctors fitted Chris with a drain to draw the fluid off his lungs. drain [sth] vtr (empty by drinking)喝光；喝净；喝干Jeremy drained his glass.杰里米喝光了玻璃杯里的东西。 drain [sth] vtr (medicine: draw off fluid)抽出；把…引流出去The nurse used a needle to drain the abscess. 动词短语 drain away vi phrasal figurative (be gradually lost) (比喻)逐渐耗尽Her strength drained away as she neared the mountain's summit.她离山巅不远了，力量也慢慢耗尽。 复合形式： brain drain n figurative (mass emigration of skilled people)人才流失Poland experienced a brain drain when much of its educated population emigrated to the UK.波兰多数受过教育的人都移民去了英国，导致波兰经历了一次人才流失。 drain [sth] away vtr + adv (filter off)排掉...He dug a ditch to drain away the water that was flooding the lawn. drain away vi + adv (trickle off, be filtered off)慢慢流走The washbasin is blocked; the water only drains away very slowly.洗手池堵了，水只能慢慢地渗流走。 drain off [sth], drain [sth] off vtr + adv (liquid: remove)使流走； (液体)抽干；沥去Allow the roasting tray to stand for a few minutes, so the solids settle, then drain off the excess fat.将烤盘静置几分钟，让固体沉淀下来，然后沥去多余的油脂。 drain out vtr + adv (hose, pipe: get all the liquid out of it) (管子)排出，排空 go down the drain v expr figurative, informal (be wasted)泡汤；化为乌有；付诸东流A lot of the investors saw their entire life savings go down the drain. go down the drain v expr figurative, informal (be ruined)前功尽弃；毁于一旦It was tough to see the family business go down the drain. storm drain, storm sewer n (rainwater drainage hole or gutter)雨水沟 |
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