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If you feel drained, you feel empty of energy — very tired, as if there is nothing left to give. It is the same picture as a bath that has been drained: the water is gone.
If you feel drained, you feel empty of energy如果你覺得 drained,就是覺得精力被掏空了 very tired, as if there is nothing left to give非常累,好像什麼都擠不出來了 It is the same picture as a bath that has been drained這和浴缸被放乾水是同一個畫面 the water is gone水已經沒了
People say it after a long day, a hard talk, illness, or too much worry. It is everyday English, a little informal, and it is about energy in the body and mind, not exactly the same as sad — though actually the two can arrive together.
People say it after a long day, a hard talk, illness, or too much worry人們會在漫長的一天、一場艱難的談話、生病,或煩惱過度之後這樣說 It is everyday English, a little informal這是日常英文,有點口語 and it is about energy in the body and mind講的是身心的精力 not exactly the same as sad和難過不完全一樣 though actually the two can arrive together不過其實這兩者常常會一起出現
You can still use drained in the older, plain way too: a drained lake, drained pasta, a battery that has been drained. The tired meaning grew out of that picture.
You can still use drained in the older, plain way too你也還是可以用 drained 較舊、字面的用法 a drained lake, drained pasta, a battery that has been drained像 a drained lake(放乾的湖)、drained pasta(瀝乾的義大利麵)、a battery that has been drained(被耗盡的電池) The tired meaning grew out of that picture「很累」的意思就是從這個畫面延伸出來的
As a verb form, drained is simply the past of drain.
As a verb form當動詞形式用的時候 drained is simply the past of draindrained 就只是 drain 的過去式
組成drain + -ed. The -ed makes the ordinary past tense, and also an adjective for how empty of energy you feel.
同家族的字
- drainsame verb: to empty out liquid, and by that picture, to empty out energy
原始詞典資料3 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。
drainedadj/dɹeɪnd/
- 1
Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
- I felt so drained after that three-hour exam that I wanted to sleep for the next week.
- 2
Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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。