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- drain [dren] [dreɪn]
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1.
vt.
排出（或排去）（水等液体），排（水），泄（水）
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2.
vt.
从…排干（水或任何液体），使（水）流干（或流尽），使干涸
- drain swamps
- 把沼泽地的水排干
- 3. vt. 容纳…的水
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4.
vt.
喝干（杯里的液体），干（杯）
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5.
vt.
耗尽、用完（力量或资源），使耗尽，使枯竭
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6.
vt.
[antiquated]
过滤；用过滤法除去
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7.
vt.
[slang]
将某物磨破
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8.
vi.
（水等）流掉（或流去、流出），流出液体
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9.
vi.
（液体）逐渐流干（或流尽），渐渐枯竭，（衣服等）滴干
- 10. vi. 逐渐消失
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11.
vi.
排（出）水；（江河）流注
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12.
noun
排水（暗）沟，阴沟，排水管
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13.
noun
排水，放干；耗尽，消耗
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14.
noun
（精力、时间、金钱的）消耗，（财富等的）不断外流，逐渐流光
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15.
noun
[surgery]
引流管（尤指排浓管）
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16.
noun
[slang]
使人精疲力竭的人或事
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1.
vt.
排出（或排去）（水等液体），排（水），泄（水）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- drain [dreɪn]
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1.
n
a pipe or channel that carries off water, sewage, etc
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2.
n
an instance or cause of continuous diminution in resources or energy; depletion
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3.
n
[surgery]
a device, such as a tube, for insertion into a wound, incision, or bodily cavity to drain off pus, etc
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4.
n
[electronics]
the electrode region in a field-effect transistor into which majority carriers flow from the interelectrode conductivity channel
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5.
vt.
[tr;
often foll by off] to draw off or remove (liquid) from- to drain water from vegetables
- to drain vegetables
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6.
vi.
[intr;
often foll by away] to flow (away) or filter (off) -
7.
vi.
[intr]
to dry or be emptied as a result of liquid running off or flowing away
- leave the dishes to drain
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8.
vt.
[tr]
to drink the entire contents of (a glass, cup, etc)
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to consume or make constant demands on (resources, energy, etc); exhaust; sap
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10.
vi.
[intr]
to disappear or leave, esp gradually
- the colour drained from his face
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11.
vt.
[tr]
(of a river, etc) to carry off the surface water from (an area)
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12.
vi.
[intr]
(of an area) to discharge its surface water into rivers, streams, etc
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13.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English dr
e ahnian; related to Old Norse drangr dry wood; seedry
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1.
n
a pipe or channel that carries off water, sewage, etc
Examples
- a clean drain
- 畅通的排水管 → clean
- drain swamps
- 把沼泽地的水排干 → drain
- to foul a drain with grease
- 油污堵塞下水道 → foul
- to open a drain
- 疏通排水沟 → open
- a drain on one's pocket
- 某人钱财的消耗 → pocket
- If you try this at home, you may see the color drain from Mom's face too.
- 你在家也这样试试，妈妈会变脸的。
- I think she was rather stunned by this information because she never said anything and I noticed the color drain from her face.
- 我想她听到这个消息一定非常吃惊，因为她从来没有像这样一言不发，而且脸色大变。
- (to go) down the drain
- [inf] 白费 → drain
- to drain water from vegetables → drain
- to drain vegetables → drain
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