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drafty

/draf-tee, drahf-/US // ˈdræf ti, ˈdrɑf- //UK // (ˈdrɑːftɪ) //

牵强附会,牵强,牵强的,牵制

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    draft·i·er, draft·i·est.

    • : characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.

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Examples

  • Replace weatherstrippingYou probably won’t notice a drafty door until the weather becomes colder.

  • Otherwise, even if you’re a cold sleeper, one blanket—depending of course on other factors, like how cool or drafty your home is—should suffice.

  • For example, if you have a particularly drafty room in your home, plugging in and snuggling under an electric blanket to read a book or watch a movie can be an amazing treat that might be worth it to you.

  • But most of the abandoned houses, with sagging roofs and drafty walls, are just there.

  • Mostly because Oye, This Cell Is Drafty had already been used for Escape From Alcatraz, years before.

  • Our older rental is drafty, has an older operating system, etc.

  • He knelt on the drafty hearth, placed the bag of gold beside his knee, and thrust both arms into the black maw of the chimney.

  • It had been built in Elizabethan times and was cold, drafty and uncomfortable, with not one modern convenience.

  • Nothing is more uncomfortable in winter than cold and drafty floors.

  • His head was already aching from the wine and he did not feel comfortable in the drafty old building.

  • He got houses mended, having rails put on leaking roofs, and Indian mats hung over drafty huts.