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Under all the meanings of draft sits one motion: pulling or drawing something out. You draw a first version of writing out of your head, a government draws people out of the public into the army, a team draws players out of the colleges, a bank draws money out, beer is drawn out of a barrel, and a current of air is drawn through a room. Picture pulling something out of a larger source.

可以想成一個共同的動作：把東西「抽、拉、汲」出來。你把腦中的初步版本「拉」成草稿，政府從百姓裡「抽」人入伍，球隊從大…更多收起可以想成一個共同的動作：把東西「抽、拉、汲」出來。你把腦中的初步版本「拉」成草稿，政府從百姓裡「抽」人入伍，球隊從大學「挑」走球員，銀行把錢「提」出來，啤酒從桶裡「汲」出來，一股風被「拉」過房間。畫面都是從一個更大的來源裡把某樣東西抽出來——draft / draught 其實就是 draw（拉、汲）的名詞。後面看似分散的意思，都掛在這個「抽出來」上。

原始詞典資料37 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

draftnoun/dɹɑːft/

  • 1

    Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:

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    Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:

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    Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:

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    Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:

    • to drink at a draft
    • She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
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    Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:

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    Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:

    • From 1767 to 1774 no pale wine was bottled but for immediate use; only draft wine of all kinds was used in the principal taverns, and it was often very bad, not from tricks of the vintners, but from bad management.
    • Another positive trend is the increase of quality in draft cider options. Draft cider has often been, and sometimes still is, considered an inferior product by cider traditionalists, who believe a true cider should come in a bottle or[…]
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    nauticaltransportSenses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:

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    (Preliminary) written work:

    • I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
    • His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
另外 16 個記錄的用法
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    (Preliminary) written work:

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    (Preliminary) written work:

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    archaic(Preliminary) written work:

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    Senses relating to conscription or selection from a pool:

    • He left the country to avoid the draft.
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    Senses relating to conscription or selection from a pool:

    • With these counsels, and many others equally valuable, did Papa Wick fortify Bobby ere that last awful night at Portsmouth when the Officers' Quarters held more inmates than were provided for by the Regulations, and the liberty-men of the ships fell foul of the drafts for India, and the battle raged from the Dockyard Gates even to the slums of Longport, while the drabs of Fratton came down and scratched the faces of the Queen's Officers.
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    governmentpoliticsSenses relating to conscription or selection from a pool:

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    hobbieslifestylesportsSenses relating to conscription or selection from a pool:

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    gamesgamingSenses relating to conscription or selection from a pool:

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    archaicSenses relating to conscription or selection from a pool:

    • As an instance: amongst a draft of young hounds from Earl F itzwilliam's was one, of whom Will Deane, his huntsman, made this remark in his letter, 'that he could not guess at Lord Foley's dislike to the hound called Glider, then sent, which was of the best blood in the country, being got by Mr. Meynell's Glider out of Lord Fitzwilliam's Blossom, and was moreover the most promising young hound he had ever entered;...
    • These drafts left between the 17th March and 28th April. After this there was no regular system of artillery drafts. A draft of 80 was detailed to take charge of horses on board ship as all cavalry drafts were for the time exhausted, and this draft sailed on the 30th June.
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    The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.

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    rail-transportrailwaystransportSenses relating to pulling:

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    archaicSenses relating to pulling:

    • using oxen for draft
    • shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft
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    archaicSenses relating to pulling:

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    archaicSenses relating to pulling:

    • He cast his net, which brought him a very great draft.
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    A valley, or the stream that flows through it:

    • Crossing several ridges & hollows & two small drafts of water.
    • Hollows were tributary to a cove or another type of sizable valley threaded by a creek or, in Pennsylvania, a “run,” and in Virginia, a “draft.”
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    A valley, or the stream that flows through it:

    • [page 24:] About one quarter of a mile up the draft, the same blue-gray limestone is opened in a quarry on the Graham and Robinson farm, […] [page 31:] Up along a narrow draft heading south-east from the creek at Southern's place, a series of small pits and trenches have been dug close to the ridge […] above the level of the creek.
    • Then came the pleasant toil up and down the ridges and drafts of the Knob.

draftverb/dɹɑːft/

  • 1

    To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.

  • 2

    To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

  • 3

    To write a law.

  • 4

    To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.

    • There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.
    • They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
  • 5

    To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.

    • He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
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    To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.

    • The calves were drafted from the cows.
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    hobbieslifestylesportsTo select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.

    • After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
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    To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.

    • At the restart, the positions of the Mercedes drivers was reversed. Hamilton drafted Bottas down to Turn One and took the lead around the outside, controlling the race from there.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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    To draw out; to call forth.

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    To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.

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    gamesgamingTo play a collectible card game by strategically selecting from a shared pool of cards.

draftadj/dɹɑːft/

  • 1

    Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

    • I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.
  • 2

    Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.

    • A Clydesdale is a draft horse.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。