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draught/drɑ:ft/ n. & v. (US [美] draft)●n. 1 a current of air in a confined space (e.g. a room or chimney) (如房间、烟囱处的)通风气流 2 pulling, traction 拖，拉；牵引 3 Naut. the depth of water needed to float a ship 【海】(船的)吃水深度 4 the drawing of liquor from a cask etc. (木桶等中液体的)舀出；汲取 5a a single act of drinking 一饮 b the amount drunk in this 一饮的量 c a dose of liquid medicine (药水等的)一服；一次的服用量 6 (in pl. 用复数; usu. treated as sing. 通常用作单数) Brit. a game for two played with twelve pieces each on a draughtboard [英] (两人各拥有 12 个棋子的)西洋跳棋，国际跳棋 7a the drawing in of a fishing net 收渔网，拉网 b the fish taken at one drawing 一网的捕获量 ●v. tr. = DRAFT □ feel the draught colloq. suffer from adverse (usu. financial) conditions [口]拮据，陷入(尤指财务上的)困境 [Middle English draht from Old Norse drahtr, drɑˊttr, from Germanic, related to DRAW] |