新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

drain

英 [dreɪn]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

drains
1. [C 可数名词] 排水管 , 下水道 , 排水沟
A drain is a pipe that carries water or sewage away from a place, or an opening in a surface that leads to the pipe.
双语例句
例：
Tony built his own house and laid his own drains.
托尼盖了自己的房子,铺设了自己的排水管道。
2. [SING 单数型名词] （资源、资金的）外流 , 消耗
If you say that something is a drain on an organization's finances or resources, you mean that it costs the organization a large amount of money, and you do not think that it is worth it.
双语例句
例：
an ultramodern printing plant, which has been a big drain on resources.
一个消耗大量资源的超级现代化印刷厂。

PHRASE. 习语

down the drain
1. 被破坏掉 , 被浪费掉
If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
双语例句
例：
They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.
他们意识到自己的公众形象正被迅速地破坏掉。

VERB. 动词

drains , draining , drained
1. [I 不及物动词] 使流走 , 流走
If you drain a liquid from a place or object, you remove the liquid by causing it to flow somewhere else. If a liquid drains somewhere, it flows there.
双语例句
例：
Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines.
矿工们开掘了隧道以将水排出矿井。
例：
Now the focus is on draining the water.
现在的焦点是排水。
2. [I 不及物动词] 排干 , 流干
If you drain a place or object, you dry it by causing water to flow out of it. If a place or object drains, water flows out of it until it is dry.
双语例句
例：
The authorities have mobilized vast numbers of people to drain flooded land and build or repair dykes.
当局动员了大批民众为遭受洪灾的地区排涝并修建或修复堤坝。
3. [I 不及物动词] 使沥干 , 沥干
If you drain food or if food drains, you remove the liquid that it has been in, especially after it has been cooked or soaked in water.
双语例句
例：
Drain the pasta well, arrange on four plates and pour over the sauce.
把意大利面条沥干水，摆放在4个盘子里，倒上调味品。
4. [I 不及物动词] 使（色泽）消退 , （色泽）消退
If the colour or the blood drains or is drained from someone's face, they become very pale. You can also say that someone's face drains or is drained of colour.
双语例句
例：
Harry felt the colour drain from his face.
亨利感到脸上没有了血色。
5. [T 及物动词] 使心力交瘁
If something drains you, it leaves you feeling physically and emotionally exhausted.
双语例句
例：
My emotional turmoil had drained me.
乱糟糟的情绪使我心力交瘁。
6. [T 及物动词] 耗尽（资源、资金）
If you say that a country's or a company's resources or finances are drained, you mean that they are used or spent completely.
双语例句
例：
The state's finances have been drained by drought and civil disorder.
国家财政已经被旱灾和内乱消耗殆尽了。