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[dreɪn] 1. гл.1) осушать, отводить воду; осуществлять дренаж2) истощатьThe treasury was drained by his Norman wars. — Казна была истощена из-за его войн с норманнами.
Syn:3) высасывать, выкачивать4) осушать, пить до днаWhere God Bacchus drains his cup divine. (J. Keats) — Где Вакх осушает свою божественную чашу.
5) мед. дренировать рану, отводить кровь6) просачиваться, сочиться8) стекать в реку ( о притоках)9) отливать, отходить ( о крови)The blood drained from his face when he heard the news. — У него кровь отлила от лица, когда он услышал эти новости.
10) высыхать, оттекатьIt is impossible to pass there until the water drains. — Пока вода не сойдет, там нельзя проехать.
This land won't drain. — Эта земля никогда не просохнет.
11) фильтровать••- drain out 2. сущ.to drain the cup (of bitterness, humiliation, etc) to the dregs — испить чашу (горечи, унижения и т. п.) до дна
1) вытекание, истечение; расход, утечка; истощениеWhich caused no drain on the revenue of the state. — Что никак не уменьшило доходов штата.
2) дренаж, осушка; система осушения4) водосток, труба; канализацияto clean out / clear / unblock / unclog a drain — прочищать трубу
to block / clog a drain — забивать трубу
5) канал, протока ( часто судоходная); река ( как транспортный канал)Several drains will be fishable tomorrow. — В некоторых каналах скоро можно будет ловить рыбу.
The main drain of the country is the Kongo. — Главная артерия страны - река Конго.
6) мед. дренажная трубка7) разг. порция пиваTwo men came in "to have a drain". — Зашли двое "промочить глотку".
He stood drains round. — Он ставил всем выпивку.
••- go down the drain
- laugh like a drain
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laugh — 1 verb 1 MAKE SOUND (I) to make the sounds and movements of the face that people make when they think something is funny: Jonathan kept pulling funny faces at me, and I couldn t stop laughing. (+ at/about): I couldn t understand why they were all … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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