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drained

/dreyn/US // dreɪn //UK // (dreɪn) //

精疲力尽,精疲力竭,精疲力尽的,精疲力竭的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to withdraw or draw off 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to flow off gradually.
    • : to become empty or dry by the gradual flowing off of liquid or moisture: This land drains into the Mississippi.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.

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Examples

  • In my tests, all this chirping and listening isn’t much of an additional drain on your battery.

  • We’re under a “general rain advisory,” which means there’s higher bacterial levels than normal in the ocean, especially near storm drains, rivers or lagoons.

  • Transfer to a colander set in the kitchen sink and let drain, until slightly limp, about 30 minutes.

  • He pointed to an incident in July in which a defector, according to South Korean officials, crawled beneath barbed wire and through a drain on Ganghwa Island, before swimming more than half a mile to North Korea.

  • These microfibers flow out of washing machines, down the drain and into the world’s rivers, lakes and oceans.

  • Divided and drained by war, Syrian Christians are determined to celebrate for the first time in four years.

  • He drained the wine from the tumbler and turned away from the window, and there was no self-pity in his gravelly voice.

  • And the medications were sold to the government at huge mark-ups that drained the health care budget.

  • Resources are being drained from all parties, and in the end, no one wins—especially children.

  • At the moment they look like dirt-caked kiddie pools, long-drained.

  • On this account, great care should be taken to provide well-drained positions.

  • The pool was drained in 1866, and, having been filled up, its site will ere long be covered with streets of houses.

  • The bed should be drained by a little ditch around it on the upper side.

  • It is very probable, indeed, that in twenty thousand years the waters of that basin will be to a great extent drained away.

  • Perhaps he had waited too long for the simple breakfast; perhaps the recent glory had drained him of vital force.