drain
drain 英 [dreɪn] 美 [dren]
vi. 排干；流干；耗尽 n. 排水；下水道；消耗
进行时:draining 过去式:drained 过去分词:drained 第三人称单数:drains 名词复数:drains
- Most commonly found at the bottom of sinks and bathtubs across the globe, a drain is the hole through which water is carried away.
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- vi. 排干；流干；耗尽
- n. 排水；下水道；消耗
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1. The marshes have been drained.
沼泽地里的水已排干。
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2. We had to drain the oil out of the engine.
我们必须把发动机里的机油全部放掉。
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3. Drain off the excess fat from the meat.
把肉里面多余的油沥掉。
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4. The river drains into a lake.
这条河流入湖中。
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5. His face drained of colour.
他的脸上血色全无。
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6. In one gulp, he drained the glass.
他一口喝干了杯中的水。
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7. an exhausting and draining experience
令人精疲力竭的一段经历
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8. The drains (= the system of pipes)date from the beginning of the century.
下水道排水系统是本世纪初修的。
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9. call a plumber to unblock the drain.
叫个管子工来疏通下水道。
- drain (n.) 1550s, from drain (v.).
- drain (v.) Old English dreahnian "to drain, strain out," from Proto-Germanic *dreug-, source of drought, dry, giving the English word originally a sense of "make dry." Figurative meaning of "exhaust" is attested from 1650s. The word is not found in surviving texts between late Old English and the 1500s. Related: Drained; draining.
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