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drain
[ dreyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration:
to drain oil from a crankcase.
- to withdraw liquid gradually from; make empty or dry by drawing off liquid:
to drain a crankcase.
- to exhaust the resources of:
to drain the treasury.
- to deprive of strength; tire.
verb (used without object)
- to flow off gradually.
- to become empty or dry by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture:
This land drains into the Mississippi.
noun
- something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Surgery. a material or appliance for maintaining the opening of a wound to permit free exit of fluids.
- gradual or continuous outflow, withdrawal, or expenditure.
- something that causes a large or continuous outflow, expenditure, or depletion:
Medical expenses were a major drain on his bank account.
- an act of draining.
- Physical Geography.
- an artificial watercourse, as a ditch or trench.
- a natural watercourse modified to increase its flow of water.
drain
/ 诲谤别瑟苍 /
noun
- a pipe or channel that carries off water, sewage, etc
- an instance or cause of continuous diminution in resources or energy; depletion
- surgery a device, such as a tube, for insertion into a wound, incision, or bodily cavity to drain off pus, etc
- electronics the electrode region in a field-effect transistor into which majority carriers flow from the interelectrode conductivity channel
- down the drainwasted
verb
- troften foll byoff to draw off or remove (liquid) from
to drain vegetables
to drain water from vegetables
- introften foll byaway to flow (away) or filter (off)
- intr to dry or be emptied as a result of liquid running off or flowing away
leave the dishes to drain
- tr to drink the entire contents of (a glass, cup, etc)
- tr to consume or make constant demands on (resources, energy, etc); exhaust; sap
- intr to disappear or leave, esp gradually
the colour drained from his face
- tr (of a river, etc) to carry off the surface water from (an area)
- intr (of an area) to discharge its surface water into rivers, streams, etc
Derived Forms
- 藞诲谤补颈苍补产濒别, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 诲谤补颈苍顎僡路产濒别 adjective
- 诲谤补颈苍顎侥谤 noun
- 辞顎卾别谤路诲谤补颈苍顎 verb
- un路诲谤补颈苍顎僡路产濒别 adjective
- 耻苍路诲谤补颈苍别诲顎 adjective
- 飞别濒濒顎-诲谤补颈苍别诲顎 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of drain1
Idioms and Phrases
- go down the drain,
- to become worthless or profitless.
- to go out of existence; disappear.
More idioms and phrases containing drain
see brain drain ; down the drain .Example Sentences
Some ash from the undeveloped hillsides may have ended up in the basin, the underground storm drain system and the landfill, Vazquez said.
The latest loss was emotionally draining for the Clippers after their rally from a 22-point deficit fell just short.
As the construction work drained water, many nearby springs used by the Native Soboba people stopped flowing.
Though she has since clawed back a chunk of the cost through government schemes, it made an already harrowing time that much more draining: financially, emotionally and physically.
Despite Friday's hefty fine and mental drain for Eubank, he said the only victory to celebrate will be when his "arm is raised".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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