| 词汇 | drainer |
| 释义 | drainer noun[ C ] uk /ˈdreɪ.nər/ us /ˈdreɪ.nɚ/ drainernoun[C] (RELEASING LIQUID)a frame made of plastic, metal, or wood, placed on the surface next to a sink to hold things while they dry: （同draining board） Jim washed up his cup carefully and placed it in the plastic drainer. Nicholas Free/E+/GettyImages UK(USdrainboard) a surface next to a sink where plates, knives, forks, etc. are left to dry after they have been washed: The sink is stainless steel with an integral stainless steel drainer. a container with holes for letting liquid run out of something: This is a very clever vegetable drainer which clips on to pans so you do not need a colander. a person whose job is to drain water (= allow it to flow away) from an area: He was working as a drainer on a building site. It's a beautiful kitchen but I don't like the cheap plastic dish drainer on the worktop. Just leave the clean plates on the drainer. The unit consists of a sink and drainer with cupboards beneath. The bottles are washed and put into drainers, which are just a big piece of wood with holes cut in, and dried over the heat. Put the cooked spinach into a drainer and squeeze to remove as much water as possible. You can buy yogurt drainers, which look like a coffee filter with an extremely fine mesh fabric inside. The locals were suspicious of the drainers who came to drain the marshes. Washing the dishes dish dish soap dishcloth dishrag dishtowel drainboard draining board draining rack handwash pan scourer roller towel scouring pad scrubber sink sink unit tea cloth tea towel washing-up washing-up liquid waste disposal You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: General and miscellaneous containers Building: construction work & workers drainernoun[C] (TAKING ENERGY)something that takes a lot of power from a battery(= a device that produces electricity to provide power for phones, cars, etc.), so that in the end it uses it all up: Just be aware that having some apps permanently connected on your phone can be a battery drainer. informal something or someone that uses a person's energy so that they feel very tired or less powerful: Constantly having to prove yourself is an emotional drainer. In her book she advises you how to deal with "drainers" at work, people who suck your energy and slow you down. Physics: energy, force & power animal magnetism anti-gravity atmospheric pressure attract attraction ballistic entropically equilibrant erg excited frictional geothermal inertia propulsive radiant energy self-propulsion sine curve sinusoid the sound barrier thermodynamics You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Tired and making tired Examples of drainerdrainer The skimmer and drainer were made of light blue plastic and were approximately 35 cm long. But let us assume that drainers are included in that, so that you could get a subsidy for a house occupied by a drainer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will include such people as blacksmiths, ditchers, hedgers and drainers and all those who are necessary to keep our agriculture turning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If drainers had more scientific knowledge such a thing as that could not take place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that a scheme ought to be promoted whereby ex-service men who are out of employment at the present moment could be trained as expert hedgers and drainers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The drainers would attack the matter, begin to dig the drain and might easily discover very old and interesting drainage systems which had been put there previously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would he or would he not regard, for example, an estate drainer as being a man in a class which should come into what we have been speaking of? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is the inventor of the power drainer, a device capable of temporarily neutralizing the abilities of super-powered individuals. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The drainers are supposed to keep these revelations secret; however, at least one eventually uses the information he learns for political revenge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. But the infrastructure and operation of transport has a great impact on the land and is the largest drainer of energy, making transport sustainability a major issue. 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