Draining
['dreɪnɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drain
(v. t.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land.
編輯:默里
例句/造句/用法:
- There is no art which one government sooner learns of another, than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The absence of all valves renders it very suitable for draining marshes, and for other similar purposes, as the muddy water and suspended matters will not obstruct its action. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- In those countries, the universities are continually draining the church of all its most eminent men of letters. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Sometimes, I walk; sometimes, I proceed in cabs, draining the pocket of the schoolmaster who then follows in cabs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She poured out a cup, and drank it with a frightful avidity, which seemed desirous of draining the last drop in the goblet. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Garth has drawn me in uncommonly with repairs, draining, that sort of thing: I'm uncommonly out of pocket with one thing or another. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The knight made his obeisance, and showed his sense of the honour by draining a huge goblet in answer to it. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Then in 1698 came Thomas Savery, who patented a steam engine that was used in draining mines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Centrifugal pumps have been used with great success in lifting large bodies of water to a moderate height, and for draining marshes and other low lands. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In these he shows the power of points in draining and throwing off the electrical matter, which had hitherto escaped the notice of electricians. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- No, no--see that your tenants don't sell their straw, and that kind of thing; and give them draining-tiles, you know. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
編輯:默里