drained

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drain的基本意思是“(使)逐漸變干〔流干〕”,引申可表示“喝光”。
drain既可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,可接名詞或代詞作賓語,也可接以形容詞作補足語的復合賓語。用作不及物動詞時,常與away, off等詞連用。
drain可用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。

If you drain a liquid from a place or object, you remove the liquid by causing it to flow somewhere else. If a liquid drains somewhere, it flows there.
If you drain a place or object, you dry it by causing water to flow out of it. If a place or object drains, water flows out of it until it is dry.
If you drain food or if food drains, you remove the liquid that it has been in, especially after it has been cooked or soaked in water.
If the colour or the blood drains or is drained from someone's face, they become very pale. You can also say that someone's face drains or is drained of colour.
If something drains you, it leaves you feeling physically and emotionally exhausted.
drained
If you say that a country's or a company's resources or finances are drained, you mean that they are used or spent completely.
A drain is a pipe that carries water or sewage away from a place, or an opening in a surface that leads to the pipe.
If you say that something is a drain on an organization's finances or resources, you mean that it costs the organization a large amount of money, and you do not think that it is worth it.
If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.