draught
draught
[drɑːft]
(美 draft)
noun
[attrib.]
feel the draught
[drɑːft]
(美 draft)
noun
- a current of cool air in a room or other confined space
（房间等处的）气流，通风，穿堂风，过道风
heavy curtains at the windows cut out draughts.
厚厚的窗帘阻碍了通风。 - a single act of drinking or inhaling
一饮；一吸
she downed the remaining beer in one draught.
她将剩下的啤酒一饮而尽。
■the amount swallowed or inhaled in one such act
饮入量；吸入量
he took deep draughts of oxygen into his lungs.
他深深吸几口氧气。
■(poetic/literary or archaic)a quantity of a liquid with medicinal properties
(诗/文 或 古)饮剂，（药水）剂量
a sleeping draught.
一服安眠药水。 - the depth of water needed to float a particular ship
（船的）吃水（深度）
the shallow draught enabled her to get close inshore.
由于吃水浅船得以开至近岸。 - the drawing in of a fishing net
拉网
■the fish taken at one drawing; a catch
一次拉网所获的鱼；一网次
- variant spelling of draft
同 draft
[attrib.]
- denoting beer or other drink which is kept in and served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can, especially when cask-conditioned
（啤酒等饮料）罐（或桶）装的，取自罐（或桶）的（尤指桶熟酒类）
draught ale.
散装麦芽酒。 - denoting an animal used for pulling heavy loads
（动物）役用的
draught oxen.
役牛，耕牛。
feel the draught
- (informal)experience an adverse change in one's financial circumstances
(非正式)拮据，经济处境不利
the high street shops will feel the draught most keenly.
主要商业街的商店将最明显地感到经济的下滑。
- (of beer or other drink) ready to be drawn from a barrel or tank; not bottled or canned
（啤酒等饮料）桶贮的，散装的
- Middle English (in the sense 'drawing, pulling'; also 'something drawn, a load'): from Old Norse dráttr, of Germanic origin; related to German Tracht, also to draw. Compare with draft
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