drain
英 [dre?n]
美[dren]
- vi. 排水；流干
- vt. 喝光，耗盡；使流出；排掉水
- n. 排水；下水道，排水管；消耗
- n. (Drain)人名；(英)德雷恩；(法)德蘭
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?drains;第三人稱單數(shù):?drains;過去式:?drained;過去分詞:?drained;現(xiàn)在分詞:?draining;
助記提示
1. dry => drain.
2. dry => drain,drought.
3. dry + rain => drain.
2. dry => drain,drought.
3. dry + rain => drain.
中文詞源
drain 排空
詞源同dry, 排空，干。
英英釋意
- 1. emptying accomplished by draining
- 2. tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
- 3. a pipe through which liquid is carried away
- 4. a gradual depletion of energy or resources;
- "a drain on resources"
- "a drain of young talent by emmigration"
英文詞源
- drain
- drain: [OE] The underlying meaning of drain seems to be ‘making dry’. It comes ultimately from *draug-, the same prehistoric Germanic base as produced English drought and dry, and in Old English it meant ‘strain through a cloth or similar porous medium’. There then follows a curious gap in the history of the word: there is no written record of its use between about 1000 AD and the end of the 14th century, and when it reemerged it began to give the first evidence of its main modern meaning ‘draw off a liquid’.
=> drought, dry - 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.
考試真題
- We can break the mountains apart; we can drain the rivers and flood the valleys.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- Hello, my bathroom drain is blocked and I'm giving a party tonight.
出自-2012年6月聽力原文
- Assuming all goes well, the airport should open in October 2020, but the still empty airport stands as the biggest embarrassment to Germany's reputation for efficiency and a continuing drain on city and state resources.
2019年12月六級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- Now that Chicago's waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago river, the city's next step was to clean the polluted river.
2015年高考英語湖南卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- The fact is that a huge brain is a huge drain—consumption of energy—on the body.
2019年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 任務(wù)型閱讀 原文
詞組搭配
go down the drain
(informal)be totally wasted
(非正式)被浪費掉，化為烏有
the government must stop public money going down the drain.
政府必須停止浪費國家資金。
down the drain
To or into the condition of being wasted or lost
處于被浪費或丟失狀態(tài)
All of our best laid plans are down the drain.
我們所有精心布置的計劃都付之東流
實用場景例句
- Drain off the excess fat from the meat.
- 把肉里面多余的油瀝掉。
牛津詞典
- We had to drain the oil out of the engine.
- 我們必須把發(fā)動機里的機油全部放掉。
牛津詞典
- Leave the dishes to drain.
- 把碟子控干。
牛津詞典
- The swimming pool drains very slowly.
- 游泳池里的水排得很慢。
牛津詞典
- You will need to drain the central heating system before you replace the radiator.
- 你得先把中央供暖系統(tǒng)的水排凈再更換散熱器。
牛津詞典
- The marshes have been drained.
- 沼澤地里的水已排干。
牛津詞典
- Drain and rinse the pasta.
- 把通心粉過一過水。
牛津詞典
- He lamented that four years of his life had gone down the drain because of an injury to his groin.
- 他痛惜他四年的生活就因大腿根部的傷被毀掉了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Small local stores are going down the drain.
- 當?shù)氐男〉甓嫉归]了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The state's finances have been drained by war...
- 國家財力已經(jīng)被戰(zhàn)爭消耗殆盡。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The company has steadily drained its cash reserves.
- 公司已逐漸用完了其現(xiàn)金儲備。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain...
- 他們意識到他們的公眾形象正迅速被毀掉。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Fraud trials are often complex and have become an expensive drain on the public purse.
- 詐騙案通常錯綜復雜，會給公共資金造成巨大損失。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- My emotional turmoil had drained me.
- 紛亂的情緒讓我心力交瘁。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- As his energy drained away, his despair and worry grew...
- 當他的精力耗盡時，他的絕望和擔心也增加了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I can help resolve conflicts that drain energy.
- 我可以幫助解決消耗精力的沖突。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...an ultra-modern printing plant, which has been a big drain on resources...
- 資源消耗很大的超現(xiàn)代印刷廠
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- She felt the tension drain out of her...
- 她感到緊張情緒在消失。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- And then, suddenly, the euphoria began to drain away...
- 隨后，狂喜的感覺突然開始消失了。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines...
- 礦工們開鑿了一條地道，以排出礦井里的水。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Now the focus is on draining the water...
- 現(xiàn)在的重點是把水排走。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Vast numbers of people have been mobilised to drain flooded land...
- 大量的人力被動員去排干受澇的土地。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The soil drains freely and slugs aren't a problem.
- 土壤排水暢通，鼻涕蟲就不會造成什么麻煩。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Drain the pasta well, arrange on four plates and pour over the sauce...
- 將意大利面中的水分濾干，放在4個盤子里再淋上調(diào)味汁。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Wash the leeks thoroughly and allow them to drain.
- 徹底清洗韭蔥，再瀝去水分。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Tony built his own house and laid his own drains.
- 托尼自己蓋了房子并鋪設(shè)了下水管道。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...storm drains.
- 排洪管
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Pamela drained her glass and refilled it.
- 帕梅拉喝完后又續(xù)了一杯。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Harry felt the colour drain from his face...
- 哈里覺得他臉上的血色在消失。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Thacker's face drained of colour...
- 撒克面無人色。
柯林斯高階英語詞典