| 词汇 | drain |
| 释义 | drain | BrE dreɪn, AmE dreɪn | A. noun ① (sewer) 下水道 ; (waste water pipe) 下水管 ; (ditch) 排水沟 ▸ to go down the drain informal (be wasted) 被浪费掉 (be ruined) 完蛋 ▸ it's just money down the drain 钱白白地扔进水里 ▸ my plan for the summer holidays has just gone down the drain 我的暑假计划泡了汤 ② British (grating) 下水道格栅 ③ (burden, demand) 消耗 ▸ a drain on sth; 对某物的耗费 B. transitive verb ① (remove liquid from) 排空…的水 ‹land, lake, radiator›② Cooking 沥干 ‹vegetables›③ Medicine 为…引流 ‹wound›④ (draw off, remove) 排出 ‹liquid›▸ they've drained all the water from the swimming pool 他们把游泳池的水排光了 ⑤ figurative (sap) 耗尽 ‹strength, funds›▸ working a full day at the office drains me completely 在办公室上一整天班让我精疲力竭 ▸ to drain a country of its resources 耗尽一个国家的资源 ⑥ (drink up contents of) 喝光 ⑦ Geography «river» 容纳…的来水 ▸ the Thames drains the whole of southern Oxfordshire 整个牛津郡南部地区的水流入泰晤士河 C. intransitive verb ① literal (flow away) «liquid» 流走 ▸ the blood or colour drained from her face 她脸色变得煞白 ▸ the life is draining out of him 他的生命渐渐枯竭 ② (become dry) 沥干 ▸ to leave sth to drain 让某物滴干水 PHRASAL VERBS drain away intransitive verb ① (flow away) «liquid» 慢慢流走 ② figurative (fade, diminish) «hope, strength» 逐渐消失 ▸ her money drained away 她的钱慢慢花光了 drain off A. intransitive verb «liquid» 流走 B. transitive verb [drain sth off, drain off sth] 使…流走 ‹liquid›▸ to drain off any excess fat 撇去多余的油脂 |
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