英语释义

1. to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely
drained all the water out of the pool

2. to cause the gradual disappearance of
drain the region's wealth

3. to exhaust (see exhaust entry 1 sense 1b) physically or emotionally
feeling drained at the end of a long workday

4. to make gradually dry
drain a swamp

5. to carry away the surface water of
the river that drains the valley

6. to deplete or empty by or as if by drawing off by degrees or in increments
drained the country of its resources

7. to empty by drinking the contents of
drain a mug of beer

8. drop sense 7c, sink
drain the putt drained two free throws

9. filter

10. to become emptied or freed of liquid by its flowing or dropping
waiting for the tub to drain

11. to discharge surface or surplus water
drains into the Gulf of Mexico

12. to flow off gradually

13. to disappear gradually dwindle
his nervousness drained away, as it always did
— H. A. Sinclair

14. a means (such as a pipe) by which usually liquid matter is drained

15. something that causes depletion burden
a drain on the city's resources

16. the act of draining

17. a gradual outflow or withdrawal depletion
a net drain from the East of five million souls
— G. W. Pierson

18. an electrode in a field-effect transistor toward which charge carriers move — compare gate, source

19. to a state of being wasted or irretrievably lost
All their hard work went down the drain.

20. to remove (liquid) from something by letting it flow away or out

21. to become empty of a liquid

22. to flow into, away from, or out of something

23. something (such as a pipe) that is used for removing a liquid from a place or container

24. something that uses a lot of time, money, etc.

25. to remove (liquid) from something by letting it flow away or out
We need to drain water from the pool.

26. to slowly make or become dry or empty
drain a swamp

27. to flow into, away from, or out of something
The water slowly drained.

28. to slowly disappear
All the joy of the music drained out of him.
— Mary Pope Osborne, Christmas in Camelot

29. to tire out
She was drained by the busy weekend.

30. something used to remove a liquid
the tub's drain

31. something that slowly empties of or uses up
The long trip was a drain on Grandma's strength.

32. to draw off (liquid) gradually or completely
drain pus from an abscess

33. to exhaust physically or emotionally

34. to carry away or give passage to a bodily fluid or a discharge from
drain an abscess the eustachian tube drains the middle ear
— H. G. Armstrong

35. to flow off gradually
blood draining from a wound

36. a tube or cylinder usually of absorbent material for drainage of a wound — see cigarette drain

片语

Going down the drain全输光了

T Down the drain激流金属

vanish down the drain消失在水管里

go down the drain白费心机；前功尽弃；每况愈下

squander away浪费掉

down n the drain浪费掉

go to waste浪费掉；白费

Milk Down The Drain牛奶倒进下水道

gone down the drain白费心机；前功尽弃；每况愈下

gi down the drain付之东流了

Money Down The Drain投资就该缴学费

英汉例句

• silence was filled only by the inaudible swoosh of my career going down the drain , but i was on a roll.

  一片寂静，只有我的职业生涯无声无息的被旋转着沖入了下水道，但我也挺不住了。

• thankfully, most of these are benign and even the unsavoury ones can usually be washed down the drain without causing any harm.

  还好，它们大多数都是良性的，就算是有害的细菌也可以被沖掉，不会感到不适。

• hackett was prepared to pour the batch down the drain if it tasted awful.

  如果味道糟糕的话，哈科特準备倒掉这批酒。

• in 2003, dutch agriculturalist marc de ruiter saw dairy farmers in windswept shanxi province literally pouring their milk down the drain because there was not enough demand.

  2003年，荷兰农学家雷一鸣看到，风中山西省奶农，在把实实在在的牛奶倒进了水沟里，因为那里没有足够的需求。

• let it sit for an hour or so, then run hot water down the drain to clear out the salt.

  静静等上一个小时，然后倒些热水清理掉盐。

• a:i「m afraid that you will let the money go down the drain again. we can」t afford to throw away the money.

  恐怕你又让那些钱白白浪费掉，我们承受不起。

• do they go straight down the drain on a bunch of stuff you don’t need?

  会不会浪费在一些你产不需要的东西上？

• well, they go down the drain if you don’t have disability insurance.

  那么，如果你没有伤残保险，他们付诸东流。

• should a recruit not re-enlist, not only is that money down the drain but it will cost another $100, 000 to train a replacement.

  如果要重新征兵，那么不仅投进去的钱没了，还要另花100，000美元训练新兵。