drain /ˈdren/
排水溝,陰溝;消耗,負擔(vt.)排去,放幹;耗盡(vi.)流去,流幹
drain /ˈdren/ 及物動詞
[=drainage]引流(法),導液(法),排水(設備)
drain
汲極; 吸極
drain
汲極 洩流
Drain v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drained p. pr. & vb. n. Draining.]
1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent. --Bacon.
But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,
Filled the capacious deep and formed the main. --Roscommon.
3. To filter.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh. --Bacon.
Drain, v. i.
1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
Drain, n.
1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country; the project is a drain on resources.
2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains. [Eng.]
Box drain, Counter drain. See under Box, Counter.
Right of drain Law, an easement or servitude by which one man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over the estate of another.
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drain
n 1: emptying accomplished by draining [syn: drainage]
2: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to
remove unwanted material
3: a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn: drainpipe,
waste pipe]
4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on
resources"; "a drain of young talent by emmigration"
v 1: flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big
vat" [syn: run out]
2: deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of
energy"
3: empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil
tank"
4: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble,
debilitate]