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，放干（液体）

  • Drain the pasta thoroughly. 把意大利面条中的水完全沥干。

  • We drained the pond and filled it with fresh water. 我们把池塘中的水放干后重新注入清水。

  • Drain (off) any liquid that is left in the rice. 把大米彻底沥干。

  • Don't bother drying the pans - just leave them to drain. 不用专门擦干平底锅——让它自己干就行了。

• 1 to make someone very tired -- 使劳累，使疲惫

  • The long journey completely drained me. 这次长途旅行可把我给累垮了。

• 2 to reduce or cause something to reduce -- 使减少；使降低；消耗

  • The long war had drained the resources of both countries. 那场旷日持久的战争使两国元气大伤。

  • War drains a nation of its youth and its wealth (= uses them until they are gone). 战争消耗掉的是国家的青年和财富。

  • The colour drained from his face/cheeks when they told him the results. 他们告诉他结果后，他的脸色变得煞白。

• 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. 我觉得厨房的下水道被堵住了。

  • She accidentally dropped her ring down a drain in the road. 她不小心把戒指掉进路边的下水井里了。

  • There was an unpleasant smell coming from the drains. 下水道里发出一种难闻的气味。

• 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. 我认为照看年迈的母亲对她而言非常吃力。

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

  • Having a big mortgage is a real drain on your earnings. 对你的收入而言一大笔抵押贷款是很重的负担。