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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   drain

   • IPA[drān]

   美式

   • v.
     cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty, dry, or drier；cause or allow (liquid) to run off or out of something
   • n.
     a channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.；a tube for drawing off accumulating fluid from a body cavity or an abscess.

   • verb: drain, 3rd person present: drains, gerund or present participle: draining, past tense: drained, past participle: drained

   • noun: drain, plural noun: drains

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty, dry, or drier we drained the swimming pool 同義詞 empty (out), remove the contents of, void, clear (out), unload, ... 更多evacuate反義詞 fill
   • ▪ cause or allow (liquid) to run off or out of something fry the pork and drain off any excess fat 同義詞 draw off, extract, withdraw, remove, pump off, ... 更多siphon off, milk, bleed, tap, void, filter, pour out, pour off, tip, discharge, transfer
   • ▪ make (land) drier by providing channels for water to flow away in the land was drained and the boggy ground reclaimed
   • ▪ (of a river) carry off the superfluous water from (a district) the stream drains a wide moorland above the waterfall
   • ▪ (of water or another liquid) flow away from, out of, or into something the river drains into the Pacific Polly felt the blood drain from her face 同義詞 flow, pour, escape, leak, trickle, ... 更多empty, well, ooze, seep, exude, drip, dribble, issue, filter, percolate, bleed, sweat, leach, stream, run, rush, gush, roll, cascade, flood, surge, sweep
   • ▪ become dry or drier as liquid runs off or away dishes left to drain the plant should be watered well and allowed to drain
   • ▪ (of a person) drink the entire contents of (a glass or other container) he seized the Scotch set before him and drained it 同義詞 drink (up/down), gulp (down), guzzle, quaff, down, ... 更多imbibe, sup, slurp, suck, sip, swallow, finish off, polish off, informalsink, swig, swill (down), toss off, slug, knock back, put away, kill, neck, get one's laughing gear round, scarf (down/up), snarf (down/up), chug, rareingurgitate
   • ▪ (of a feeling or emotion) become progressively less strongly felt gradually the tension and stress drained away
   • 2. deprive of strength or vitality his limbs were drained of all energy Ruth slumped down in her seat, drained by all that had happened
   • ▪ cause (money, energy, or another valuable resource) to be lost, wasted, or used up my mother's hospital bills are draining my income 同義詞 use up, exhaust, deplete, consume, expend, ... 更多swallow up, absorb, get through, go through, run through, take up, occupy, empty, sap, strain, tax, bleed
   • ▪ (of a resource) be lost, wasted, or used up all the money drained away from the town
   • 3. informal (of a player) hole (a putt) whenever he did hit a green, he drained the putt

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste. 同義詞 sewer, channel, conduit, ditch, culvert, ... 更多duct, pipe, tube, gutter, groove, furrow, trough, trench, cut, sluice, spillway, race, flume, chute
   • ▪ a tube for drawing off accumulating fluid from a body cavity or an abscess.
   • ▪ the part of a field-effect transistor to which the charge carriers flow after passing the gate.
   • 2. a thing that uses up a particular resource nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse 同義詞 strain, demand, pressure, burden, load, ... 更多imposition, tax, outflow, sapping, depletion
   • ▪ the continuous loss or expenditure of a particular resource the drain of our heritage

   片語

   • go down the drain