| 单词 | drain |
| 释义 | drain I. transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. a. < drain the water from a tank > < waterspouts to drain off the rain > b. (1) < fright had drained all color from his face > < the urge to conform was slowly draining the boy's individuality > : exhaust < war had drained the country's treasure and best manhood > (2) < drain an undesirable emotion > < enabling the patient to drain his deeply repressed anxieties > (3) < drained as he was by his session …, he did not feel up to it — Hamilton Basso > < matinee days are tough; two shows a day drain a girl — Ethel Merman > 3. a. < drain a flooded mine > < drain a marsh > : receive or carry away the surface water or discharge of < draining mountains of everlasting snow, the river twists for nineteen hundred miles — J.F.Dobie > < this lake drains the numerous small streams of the area > b. (1) < drain of wealth or resources > < drained the country of its gold > (2) < took the drink out of the drawer and drained it — Barnaby Conrad > : empty (a glass or other container) by drinking < allow you a respectable interlude in which to drain your glass — Richard Joseph > intransitive verb 1. a. < blood draining from a wound > b. < his nervousness drained away, as it always did — H.A.Sinclair > < all his wealth had drained away > 2. < put the umbrella on the porch to drain > 3. < the middle western states drain into the Gulf of Mexico > Synonyms: see deplete II. 1. a. b. 2. a. < drain from a wound > < drain from a leaky faucet > b. (1) < a ruinous drain of dollars > < a net drain from the East of five million souls — G.W.Pierson > (2) < indebtedness is apt to be one of the great drains upon the income of peasant families — Notes & Queries on Anthropology > < the medical and social care of old people … constitutes a heavy drain on the economic resources of society — M.A.Abrams > < the office worker emerged as a major drain on business profits — Gabriel Kolko > 3. drains plural a. < as though … I had emptied some dull opiate to the drains — John Keats > b. brewing, Britain 4. a. < the drain had collected at the foot of the spout, forming a small pool > b. < they still had a tiny drain of petrol for the works car for station trips — Nevil Shute > c. < she thought a drain of gin and peppermint … would do most good — William Heath > < his cigar going and a drain of brandy … before him — A.J.Cronin > 5. III. < snaps his fingers when he drains a long putt — Barry McDermott > < drained two free throws > IV. • - down the drain |
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