drain是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 If you drain something, you remove the liquid from it, usually by pouring it away or allowing it to flow away, and if something drains, liquid flows away or out of it. -- （使）排出，（使）排放，放乾（液體）

  • Drain the pasta thoroughly. 把義大利麵中的水完全瀝乾。

  • We drained the pond and filled it with fresh water. 我們把池塘中的水放乾後重新注入清水。

  • Drain (off) any liquid that is left in the rice. 把大米徹底瀝乾。

  • Don't bother drying the pans - just leave them to drain. 不用專門擦乾平底鍋——讓它自己乾就行了。

• 1 to make someone very tired -- 使勞累，使疲憊

  • The long journey completely drained me. 這次長途旅行可把我給累垮了。

• 2 to reduce or cause something to reduce -- 使減少；使降低；消耗

  • The long war had drained the resources of both countries. 那場曠日持久的戰爭使兩國元氣大傷。

  • War drains a nation of its youth and its wealth (= uses them until they are gone). 戰爭消耗掉的是國家的青年和財富。

  • The colour drained from his face/cheeks when they told him the results. 他們告訴他結果後，他的臉色變得蒼白。

• 3 a pipe or channel that is used to carry away waste matter and water from a building, or an opening in the road that rain water can flow down -- 排水管，下水道；下水井

  • I think the kitchen drain is blocked. 我覺得廚房的下水道被堵住了。

  • She accidentally dropped her ring down a drain in the road. 她不小心把戒指掉進路邊的下水井裡了。

  • There was an unpleasant smell coming from the drains. 下水道裡發出一種難聞的氣味。

• 4 something that makes you feel very tired -- 使人疲倦的事物

  • I think taking care of her elderly mother is a big drain on her energy. 我認爲照顧年邁的母親對她而言非常吃力。

• 5 something that uses more of your energy, money, or time than you want to give -- 拖累，負擔

  • Having a big mortgage is a real drain on your earnings. 對你的收入而言一大筆抵押貸款是很重的負擔。