-扩展释义
-draughter的不同词性形态
adjective
1.Denoting an animal used for pulling heavy loads.
‘a draught horse’
‘In 1954, British Railways had stopped using the Nelson Street stables for their draught horses.’
2.Denoting beer or cider served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can.
‘draught ale’
‘Dutch fans of English draught beer travel over from Holland, via nearby Harwich and the scenic Mayflower Line.’
noun
1.A current of cool air in a room or other confined space.
‘heavy curtains at the windows cut out draughts’
‘An icy draught needled across the room, wending its way up the chimney and leaving me shivering violently in its wake.’
2.A quantity of a liquid with medicinal properties.
‘a sleeping draught’
‘Before Luke’s horrified eyes, Jaid swallowed the immortality draught and, with a shocked gasped, collapsed onto the ground before him, unconscious.’
3.A single act of drinking or inhaling.
‘she downed the remaining beer in one draught’
‘Drinking a gallon-bottle-full, at a draught, is said to be no uncommon feat: a mere boyish trick, which will not bear to be bragged of.’
4.The amount swallowed or inhaled in a draught.
‘he took deep draughts of oxygen into his lungs’
‘He took another deep draught of the morning air and ducked back down into the shelter offered by the cabin.’
5.The depth of water needed to float a ship.
‘the shallow draught enabled her to get close inshore’
‘Bowring added that seafarers without visas were banned from leaving their vessel, even to stand on the dock to check the draught of the ship.’
6.The drawing in of a fishing net.
7.The fish taken at one drawing; a catch.
‘When the loops closed, both sets of men struggled like the Lord’s Apostles to pull the draught of fishes ashore.’
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‘a draught horse’
