drained 排水
- Drain the wound (of blood )before you apply the bandage.
- He drained the tank of all water.
他排去储水箱中所有的水。 - He drained all the old oil out of the container.
他把容器里积存的油全部倒出来了。
drained[ adj ]- emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
<adj.all>
a drained marsh
a drained tank
a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything
- very tired
<adj.all>
- drained of electric charge; discharged
<adj.all>
a dead battery
left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained
Drain \Drain\ (dr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drained}
(dr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Draining}.] [AS. drehnigean to
drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]
1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or
off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
--Bacon.
But it was not alone that the he drained their
treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make
gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from
streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,
to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like;
as, to drain a country of its specie.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,
Filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
--Roscommon.
3. To filter.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
hath become fresh. --Bacon.
drained \drained\ adj.
having lost much energy or emotion from vigorous activity; --
of people; as, the day's events left her completely drained
of strength.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. having resources completely depleted.
Syn: depleted.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having no power remaining; -- of a battery.
Syn: run-down.
[WordNet 1.5]
{to go down the drain}
1. to be consumed in profitless activity; to be wasted; to
become worthless.
2. to vanish or cease existing.
[PJC]