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Drain 无 English Word Drein V.排出沟外;喝光 N 1550s

单词 drain
音标 [drein]
解释 v.排出沟外;喝光
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字源 drain (n.)
1550s, from drain (v.).
drain (v.)
Old English dreahnian "to drain, strain out," from Proto-Germanic *dreug-, source of drought, dry, giving the English word originally a sense of "make dry." Figurative meaning of "exhaust" is attested from 1650s. The word is not found in surviving texts between late Old English and the 1500s. Related: Drained; draining.
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