| 释义 | WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019:| 主要翻译 |  | drain nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (water pipe) | 下水道 xià shuǐ dào
 |  |  |  | 排水管 pái shuǐ guǎn
 |  |  | The water ran down the drain. |  | drain nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (depletion) | 耗尽 hào jìn
 |  |  |  | 耗竭 hào jié
 |  |  |  | 消耗 xiāo hào
 |  |  | This project is too expensive; it's a drain on our resources. |  | drain⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (empty) | (使)排空 shǐ pái kōng
 |  |  |  | 流干 liú gān
 |  |  |  | 放干 fàng gān
 |  | drain [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (separate liquid) | 沥干 
 |  |  |  | 使(液体)流干 
 |  |  | Simon cooked the potatoes and then drained them. |  | drain⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (water) | 排水,流走,流入 
 |  |  |  | 滴下,流下 
 |  |  | The soil was soaked and the water took ages to drain. |  |  |  | 其他翻译 |  | drain nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (medicine: device to draw off fluid) | 引流 
 |  | drain vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | ([sb]'s energy) (精力等) | 耗尽,使筋疲力尽 
 |  | drain [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (empty by drinking) | 喝光 hē guāng
 |  |  |  | 喝净 
 |  |  |  | 喝干 hē gān
 |  |  | Jeremy drained his glass. |  | drain [sth] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (medicine: draw off fluid) | 抽出 chōu chū
 |  |  |  | 把…引流出去 
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 WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019:| 复合形式: |  | brain drain nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (mass emigration of skilled people) | 人才流失 rén cái liú shī
 |  |  | Poland experienced a brain drain when much of its educated population emigrated to the UK. |  |  | 波兰多数受过教育的人都移民去了英国,导致波兰经历了一次人才流失。 |  | drain away viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | literal (trickle or be filtered off) (本义) | 慢慢流走 màn màn liú zǒu
 |  |  | He dug a ditch to drain away the water that was flooding the lawn. |  | drain away viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | figurative (be gradually lost) (比喻) | 逐渐耗尽 zhú jiàn hào jìn
 |  |  | Her strength was drained away as she played with the toddler, cooked dinner and then ironed the laundry. |  | drain off vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | (liquid: remove gradually) | 使流走 shǐ liú zǒu
 |  |  | Allow the roasting tray to stand for a few minutes, so the solids settle, then drain off the excess fat and use the residue to make a rich gravy. |  | drain out vtr + adv | (hose, pipe: get all the liquid out of it) (管子) | 排出,排空 
 |  | go down the drain v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative, informal (be wasted) | 泡汤 
 |  |  |  | 化为乌有 
 |  |  |  | 付诸东流 
 |  |  | A lot of the investors saw their entire life savings go down the drain. | 
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: drain [dreIn ] I n 1 [c] (in street)  排水沟(溝) páishuǐgōu [条 tiáo] 2▶ to be a drain on sth [+ resources, funds] 某物的大量的消耗 mǒuwù de dàliàng de xiāohào II vt 1 [+ land, marsh, pond] 排去…的水 páiqù…de shuǐ 2 [+ vegetables] 使…流干(乾) shǐ…liúgān 3 [+ liquid] 排掉 páidiào 4 [+ glass, cup] 喝干(乾) hēgān 5 (=exhaust) [+ person] 使…精疲力竭 shǐ…jīng pí lì jié
 III vi  [liquid ]  流入 liúrù  to feel drained (of energy or emotion)感到(精力或感情)耗尽(盡) gǎndào(jīnglì huò gǎnqíng)hàojìn
  (to go) down the drain(inf) 白费(費) báifèi
 在这些条目还发现'drain': 在英文解释里: downspout - drainage - grommet - invert - leach - outlet - pour off - rathole - siphon - sluice - wick 中文: 疏水 - 排水沟 - 排灌 - 流失 |