drain

1. V-T/V-I 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. 使流走; 流走

Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines. 礦工們開掘了隧道以將水排出礦井。

Now the focus is on draining the water. 現(xiàn)在的焦點是排水。

2. V-T/V-I 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. 排干; 流干

The authorities have mobilized vast numbers of people to drain flooded land and build or repair dikes. 當局動員了大批民眾為遭受洪災的地區(qū)排澇并修建或修復堤壩。

3. V-T/V-I 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. 使瀝干; 瀝干

Drain the pasta well, arrange on four plates and pour over the sauce. 把意大利面條瀝干水，擺放在4個盤子里，倒上調味品。

4. V-T/V-I 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. 使 (色澤) 消退; (色澤) 消退[文學性]

Harry felt the colour drain from his face. 亨利感到臉上沒有了血色。

5. V-T If something drains you, it leaves you feeling physically and emotionally exhausted. 使心力交瘁

My emotional turmoil had drained me. 困惑焦灼的情緒使我心力交瘁。

6. drainedADJ 使心力交瘁的

I began to suffer from headaches, which left me feeling completely drained. 我開始感到頭痛，它使我感到精疲力竭。

7. V-T 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. 耗盡 (資源、資金)

The state's finances have been drained by drought and civil disorder. 國家財政已經被旱災和內亂消耗殆盡了。

8. N-COUNT 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. 排水管; 下水道; 排水溝

Tony built his own house and laid his own drains. 托尼蓋了自己的房子,鋪設了自己的排水管道。

9. N-SING 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. (資源、資金的) 外流; 消耗

...an ultramodern printing plant, which has been a big drain on resources. …一個消耗大量資源的超級現(xiàn)代化印刷廠。

10. PHRASE If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted. 被破壞掉; 被浪費掉[非正式]

They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain. 他們意識到自己的公眾形象正被迅速地破壞掉。