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drain [drein]
n. 排水沟, 消耗, 排水
vt. 排出, 喝光, 耗尽
vi. 排水, 流干
[化] 排放口
[医] 引流管, 引流物, 排水沟, 泄水, 排水, 引流, 导液
- This country is being drained of its best talents.
这个国家最优秀的人才在不断外流。 - Boil the vegetables for 20 minutes and then drain off the water.
把蔬菜煮上20分钟，然后把水沥掉。 - The drains overflowed after the heavy rain.
大雨过后，下水道溢出水来。
drain
[ noun ]
- emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
- tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
- a pipe through which liquid is carried away
- a gradual depletion of energy or resources
<noun.act>
<noun.artifact>
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a drain on resources
a drain of young talent by emigration
- flow off gradually
- deplete of resources
- empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
- make weak
<verb.motion> run out
The rain water drains into this big vat
<verb.consumption>
The exercise class drains me of energy
<verb.change>
We drained the oil tank
<verb.change> debilitate enfeeble
Life in the camp drained him
Drain \Drain\, v. i.
1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as,
let the vessel stand and drain.
Drain \Drain\, n.
1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and
continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie
from a country; the project is a drain on resources.
2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a
trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
[Eng.] --Halliwell.
{Box drain}, {Counter drain}. See under {Box}, {Counter}.
{Right of drain} (Law), an easement or servitude by which one
man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over
the estate of another. --Kent.
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.
1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as,
let the vessel stand and drain.
Drain \Drain\, n.
1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and
continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie
from a country; the project is a drain on resources.
2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a
trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
[Eng.] --Halliwell.
{Box drain}, {Counter drain}. See under {Box}, {Counter}.
{Right of drain} (Law), an easement or servitude by which one
man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over
the estate of another. --Kent.
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.
- For many institutions, it's a drain on their resources and a distraction from their main business.' Fixed-price contracts generally profit both parties.
- "It's a losing proposition," says co-owner Marie Pietropinto, explaining salvagers must now drain all coolants, dispose of the battery and pay to get rid of waste oil.
- Nevertheless, the Fed's decision to arrange the unexpected two-day reserve drain shortly before a Treasury auction "has to be viewed as suspicious," said Dana Johnson, chief money market economist at First National Bank of Chicago.
- This cash drain was funded by raising deposits.
- "Even if you increase the faucet flow, if you don't close the drain, you won't get an erection."
- To preserve a facade of a balanced budget, the Governor has proposed to drain every fund in sight.
- But according to the chief executive of one Footsie company last week some of the wilder stories of the last few weeks - particularly in the food sector - have become a serious drain on management time and company morale.
- The pope addressed intellectuals in a parochial school, where he criticized the "brain drain," the flight of skilled professionals from poor third-world countries to developed countries, where they can earn more money.
- Reduced oil income also contributed to a drain on foreign reserves currently used to support an anti-inflationary peso currency freeze against the dollar.
- Critics have charged that even though the size of the lost tax revenues will be enormous, the bank board is not taking this revenue drain into account in figuring the total cost to the government of the bailout packages.
- The work includes repairing public schools, drain pipes, a building to house the Supreme Court of Justice and reforestation.
- The football-sized bowl is designed to be attached to an outside drain also hooked up to a water supply.
- Before, it was swilled down the drain.'
- Fellow liberals worry that Mr. Bloom's departure raises this "brain drain" to a new level.
- "It's got to end sometime," he said. "If you come in here with no offer (on Oct. 14), it may go down the drain and it may have to be a conversion" to a Chapter 7 case, which means that assets would be liquidated.
- At least two days is required to drain more than a half-million gallons of fuel from the shuttle tank and to refill them.
- The remarks were backed up by the Fed's execution of matched sales purchase agreements, a technical trading operation designed to drain reserves from the banking system.
- Company officials said they aren't sure when they'll see an end to the drain on cash caused by poor sales and product development costs.
- Supporters say its development would bolster Israel's economy and increase its technological expertise, while opponents say it would drain financing away from other defense needs and actually impede economic growth.
- They are going down the drain partly because Japanese now can afford modern baths at home, but Mr. Obara says the main reason is "the people are gone."
- Defying market expectations, the Fed failed to drain reserves from the banking system, allowing the federal-funds rate to slide to 8 7/8% by late in the New York afternoon.
- THE RECENT setback in short-dated Euromark futures continued yesterday after the Bundesbank carried out a net drain of funds in its weekly money market operations, writes James Blitz. Elsewhere, however, markets were quiet.
- These were so big a drain that Japanese brokerage firms voluntarily stop underwriting new issues in March.
- The Sudanese feel the drain daily in shortages of food and basic supplies, soaring prices and frequent shutdowns of public utilities.
- They make nifty knots." A three-legged cat dubbed Tripod after its rescue from a drain pipe last month has a new home and a new name.
- "The point is to make sure that to the degree South Asia becomes more important to us, somebody is following it more directly." The State Department contends that the new bureau is unnecessary and will drain already-scarce resources.
- Looking to flush long lines at women's restrooms down the drain, the House on Tuesday approved legislation that would require more bathrooms in new public buildings.
- D-Mark overnight rates closed at around 7.15 per cent, up 5 basis points from Friday's levels. The German central bank explained the two-day pact as a way to drain the excess liquidity created by Wednesday's tender round.
- The equity drain won't hurt Citicorp's capital.
- He was allowed to return after a 1985 operation in which doctors drilled a tiny hole to drain excess fluid from his inner ear into his brain cavity.
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drain bias
drain board
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drain capacitance
drain casting
drain channel
drain cleaner
drain cock
drain cock body
drain cock joint
drain coil
drain conductance
drain conductivity
drain conduit
drain connection
drain contact
drain cover
drain cup
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drain diffusion
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drain elbow
drain electrode
drain flooded field
drain funnel
drain grating
drain header
drain hole
drain interval
drain junction
drain layer
drain line
drain logging
drain manifold
drain masking
drain message
drain nozzle
drain of bullion
drain of capital
drain of gold
drain of reserve
drain off
drain oil
drain oil plug
drain oil recovery eq...
drain on cash
drain on manpower and...
drain on the reserves
drain opening
drain outlet
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