drain
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verb with object
〈人などが〉〈容器など〉の水を抜く; 〈食品など〉の水気を切る; 〈腫れ物〉からうみを出す
e.g. we drained the swimming pool.
«…から» 〈液体〉を排出させる, 流し出す; 【料理から】〈余分な脂肪など〉を切る(away, off) «from, out of»
e.g. fry the pork and drain off any excess fat.
〈土地など〉の排水をする
e.g. the land was drained and the boggy ground reclaimed.
e.g. the stream drains a wide moorland above the waterfall.
«…から» 〈液体が〉流出する, 流れ出す[出る], はける; 〈余分な油などが〉切れる(away, off) «from, out of» ; 〈川などが〉 «…に» 注ぐ «into»
e.g. the river drains into the Pacific
e.g. figurative : Polly felt the blood drain from her face.
〈容器・土地などが〉水がはける, 干上がる, 水が切れる; 〈ぬれた物が〉乾く
e.g. dishes left to drain
e.g. the plant should be watered well and allowed to drain.
⦅文⦆ 〈グラスなど〉を飲み干す
e.g. he seized the Scotch set before him and drained it.
⦅文⦆ (恐怖などのために) 【顔・頰などから】〈色が〉うせる, 〈血(の気)が〉引く(away) «from» ; 〖~ of A〗 〈顔などが〉A〈色・血(の気)〉がなくなる
e.g. gradually the tension and stress drained away.
〈事が〉(肉体的・精神的に)〈人〉を疲れさせる.
e.g. his limbs were drained of all energy
e.g. Ruth slumped down in her seat, drained by all that had happened.
〈力・金・資源など〉を使い果たす, 枯渇させる; 【力・金・資源などを】〈人・会社・国など〉に消耗させる «of» (!しばしば受け身で)
e.g. my mother's hospital bills are draining my income.
〈感情・体力・財産などが〉 «…から» だんだんとなくなる(away) «out of»
e.g. votes and campaign funds drained away from the Republican candidate.
noun
排水管[路], 下水溝; ; 〖the ~s〗 排水[下水]設備
〘医〙 排液管, ドレーン
〖単数形で〗 «…の» 消耗[枯渇]のもと «on»
e.g. nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse.
e.g. the drain of our heritage.
PHRASES
informal be totally wasted:
e.g. the government must stop public money from going down the drain.
ORIGIN