drain
书籍：英汉辞典
更新时间：2018-09-12 05:03:36
出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第379页（525字）
【释义】：
vt．①排水，放干…的水：drain off(or away)the water from the land排除地里的积水．drain the swamp排出沼泽地里的水．②喝干，倒空：drain a glass of milk喝干一杯牛奶．③用完，耗竭，荡尽：be drained of man-power and wealth by aggressive war由于侵略战争而耗尽人力物力．
－vi．①(水)淌完，流去：The water will soon drain away．水不久就要流光了．②排干，漏干，晾干Let the vessel stand and drain．把容器放在那里晾干．③【喻】枯竭．
－n．①排水渠，水沟，阴沟．②(pl．)排水系统．③消耗，枯竭：a drain on supplies脱销．④【口语】一口：Leave me a drain!给我留一口!
△go down the drain【俚】每况愈下．