drain

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /dɹiːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK) Canada,US
    — The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
  2. An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods. UK
  3. A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.
    — Saganing Drain, Vermuyden's Drain, the South Drain river, Najafgarh drain
  4. Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
    — That rental property is a drain on our finances.
  5. An act of urination. vulgar
  6. One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
  7. An outhole.
  8. A drink. UK,dated,slang
    — When the play was over, we came out together, and I said, "We've been very companionable and agreeable, and perhaps you wouldn't object to a drain?"
动词 v.
  1. To lose liquid. intransitive
    — The clogged sink drained slowly.
  2. To flow gradually. intransitive
    — The water of low ground drains off.
  3. To cause liquid to flow out of. ergative,transitive
    — Please drain the sink. It’s full of dirty water.
  4. To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one. ergative,transitive
    — They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
  5. To deplete of energy or resources. transitive
    — The stress of this job is really draining me.
  6. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust. transitive
    — Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
  7. To filter. obsolete,transitive
    — Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh.
  8. To fall off the bottom of the playfield. intransitive
    — When a ball finally drains, it's gulped down by a giant gator beneath the set of flippers.
  9. To drink. archaic,slang,transitive
    — But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.
  10. To make a shot. slang,transitive

词形变化

drains plural drein alternative,obsolete dreen alternative,Appalachia drains present,singular,third-person draining participle,present drained participle,past drained past drein alternative drein alternative,obsolete dreen alternative,Appalachia

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der.
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *draugiz
Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną
Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn
Old English drēahnian
Middle English *dreinen
English drain
Inherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-, from *dʰer-. Akin to Old English drūgian (“to dry up”), Old English drūgaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English drȳġe (“dry”). More at dry.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der.
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *draugiz
Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną
Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn
Old English drēahnian
Middle English *dreinen
English drain
Inherited from Middle English *dreinen, from Old English drēahnian, from Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn, from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną, from *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-, from *dʰer-. Akin to Old English drūgian (“to dry up”), Old English drūgaþ (“dryness, drought”), Old English drȳġe (“dry”). More at dry.
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