用作動詞(v.)

(使)用盡〔消耗完〕 (cause to) be used or spent
drain away

The rainwater drained away.

雨水流掉了。

drain sth ? away

Dig trenches to drain away the water.

挖溝以排水。

Doctors used to cut people open to drain the polluted blood away.

從前,醫生常常在人體上切口把污血放出。

drain away to sth

Some of the cleverest men in Britain drained away to the United States after the war.

戰后,英國的一些最有才華的人被吸引到美國去了。

drain sb ? away

Some of the cleverest men in Britain were drained away to the United States after the war.

戰后,英國的一些最有才華的人被吸引到美國去了。

drain away

My energy is draining away.

我的精力正衰竭下去。

His courage drained away.

他的勇氣漸漸消失。

His life was slowly draining away.

他的生命逐漸枯竭了。

drain sth ? away

This hard work has drained away my keenness.

這種艱苦的工作削弱了我的銳氣。

drain away

Now that price are rising so fast, all my money is draining away.

物價上漲得如此之快,我的錢都快花光了。

drain sth ? away

The rise in costs has drained all our profit away.

成本的提高把我們的利潤全部都抵消了。

用作名詞(n.)

離開,被吸引而脫離(某地) leave; be attracted away from (some place)
drain from sth

The blood drained from her face as she learned what had happened.

當她得知所發生的一切時,臉色煞白。

The children stared at the lion, all the colour draining from their faces.

孩子們目不轉睛地盯著獅子,個個面如土色。

drain sth from sth

Drain the liquids from the tin before you serve the vegetables.

上蔬菜前,先把罐頭里的液體倒掉。

Drain all the oil from the engine.

把發動機的油放掉。

Fright drained all colour from his face.

驚恐使他的面容失色。

Peripheral auto routes drains traffic from the city centre.

外環高速公路把市中心的交通流引開。

drain from some place

Thousands of clever men drained from Britain in the years just after the war.

在戰后的頭幾年里,成千上萬的有識之士離開了英國。

drain sb/sth from some place

The chance of better pay and advantages has drained many good men away from Britain.

更高的工資和更優越的條件吸引了許多優秀人士離開了英國。

用作動詞(v.)

Leave the dishes on the board to drain.
將盤子放在水槽旁邊的板上晾干。This land won't drain.
這塊地的水排不出去。The sticky yellowish brown soil drains well.
這種黃棕色的黏性土壤滲水性好。The tension drained slightly and they stole little glances at each other.
緊張氣氛略有緩和,他們偷偷地相互看了一眼。

用作名詞(n.)

They have drained the swimming pool.
他們把游泳池的水放干了。The effort drained all his energy.
這番努力弄得他精疲力竭。At one draught he drained the water.
他一口就把水喝完了。

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If this wet land was drained, it would be good farmland.
如果把這塊濕地的水排干,這塊地就會成為良田。Our house is well drained.
我們的房子排水系統很好。He felt drained.
他感到精疲力竭。

用作動詞 (v.)

～+名詞

drain the field排去田中的水drain resources耗盡資源drain water排水

～+副詞

drain well排水很暢drain completely〔painfully, thoroughly〕完全排出drain entirely完全排出drain slightly略微排出drain slowly慢慢排去drain steadily穩穩地排出drain away(生命)枯竭,(怒氣)平息,(緊張的心情)消失,(廢水)排盡drain away manpower消耗人力drain water away排水drain off排去(液體)drain off liquids排去液體drain off rain排掉雨水

～+介詞

drain from從…中流掉drain water from field把田里的水排掉drain into the Danube向多瑙河排水drain into river流入河里drain into sea流入大海drain of把(某物)中的…抽走〔空〕,耗光(某人)的(某物)drain sb of sb's energy耗盡某人的精力drain the tank of all water排去儲水箱中所有的水drain the cup of sorrow to the bottle飽嘗辛酸

用作名詞 (n.)

動詞+～

block drain堵塞排水溝clean out〔clear, unblock〕 drain疏通排水溝go down the drain排走,化為烏有,白費

形容詞+～

continued drain繼續外流heavy〔an enormous〕 drain很大開支open drain明溝

名詞+～

box drain方形溝brain drain人才流失,智囊枯竭talent drain人才外流

～+介詞

drain of gold黃金的外流drain on one's purse經濟上的大負擔drain on one's strength〔wealth〕精力〔財力〕的消耗

We found the drain blocked already and the yard full of water.