a draughty room

通风的房间.

We were sitting in a draughty position near the door.

我们坐在门边有穿堂风经过的地方.

It’s terribly draughty in here.

这儿穿堂风大极了.

This is a draughty house

这是一栋通风的房屋。

||1:RETROFITTING houses to use less energy should be a no-brainer for homeowners.||2:Over time, money spent on ways to reduce heat loss from draughty houses should produce a handsome return in lower fuel bills.||3:In practice, many are cautious.||4:Some improvements, such as solid-wall insulation and solar panels, can take over 25 years to cover their initial cost.||5:Few owners are willing to wait that long: by then many are likely to have sold up and moved on.

||1:对于大多数房主来说为了节能而翻新房屋是一件再简单不过的事了。||2:房主把钱花在运用某些方法上使透风的房子能够减少热损失，随着时间的推移，这些钱应该会因为低额的燃料费而产生丰厚的回报。||3:但是事实上，大多数屋主还是很谨慎的。||4:像换上绝缘墙、太阳能电池板这样的翻新措施往往要花上超过25年的时间才能回本。||5:大多数房主都不愿意这么做，因为到那时很多人可能已经把房子卖掉了或者已经搬走了。

||1:The ovoid structure near Victoria station, to the north of Manchester city centre, is the most striking of the city’s many modern glass buildings.||2:It is to be the home to the Co-operative Group, which is Britain’s fifth largest food retailer and a growing presence in financial services.||3:Peter Marks, the Co-op’s chief executive, jokes that a flash headquarters can be a sign of a bloated corporate ego.It should instead be seen as a symbol of the Co-op’s modernisation, he says.||4:The building’s green design will cut energy costs in half.||5:And the staff scattered in a warren of draughty old offices nearby will soon be under one 21st-century roof.

||1:在曼彻斯特市中心北面、维多利亚车站附近的那个卵形建筑，是这个城市众多的现代玻璃建筑中最闪耀的一个。||2:这个建筑就是Co-operative 集团的总部，Co-operative 是英国第五大食品零售商，在金融服务业它也是一股不断增长的力量。||3:Co-op 的董事长Peter Marks自嘲说这个拉风的总部显示出公司是多么的自大，但事实上他认为这个建筑应该被视为Co-op公司现代化的标志。||4:这个建筑采用的绿色设计可以降低一半的能耗。||5:以前散布在附近老办公室中一个个通透的小隔间里的员工将会搬到21世纪的屋檐下。

Old rectories used to be seen as draughty and impractical (which is why the Church of England sold them off cheaply).

人们曾经觉得陈旧的教区房子漏风而且不实用（这就是为什么英国教会贱卖了它们）。

After years of being draughty and poorly insulated, new Japanese homes are among the most environmentally friendly.

日本的新建住宅在克服了最初几年的漏风及绝缘效果差等问题后，现在已是最环保的住宅。

He said one good example was insulating draughty homes and installing better energy control systems.

他说一个很好的例子就是隔住漏风的房屋并按照优化的能源控制系统。

As a rule, big houses are always draughty .

一般说来，大房子总是比较通风的。

draughty workings

n.通风巷道

draughty water level

枯水位