( <美> draft)
1
- a current of cool air in a room or other confined space（房间或其他狭窄空间内的）清凉的气流, 通风：
heavy curtains at the windows cut out draughts.
厚厚的窗帘挡住了空气的流通。
2
- a single act of drinking or inhaling一饮; 一吸：
she downed the remaining beer in one draught.
她将剩下的啤酒一饮而尽。
2.1
- the amount swallowed or inhaled in one such act一饮的量; 吸入量：
he took deep draughts of oxygen into his lungs.
他深深地吸了几口氧气。
2.2
- poetic/literary or archaic a quantity of a liquid with medicinal properties〈诗/文或古〉饮剂; （药水的）剂量：
a sleeping draught.
一剂安眠药水。
3
- the depth of water needed to float a particular ship（船的）吃水（深度）：
the shallow draught enabled her to get close inshore.
由于吃水浅, 那船才得以向海岸靠近。
4
- the drawing in of a fishing net收网。
4.1
- the fish taken at one drawing; a catch一网鱼。
attrib.
1
- denoting beer or other drink which is kept in and served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can, especially when cask-conditioned（啤酒等饮料）直接从桶里取出供应的, 散装供应的; 生的：
draught ale.
散装啤酒。
2
- denoting an animal used for pulling heavy loads（动物）役用的：
draught oxen.
役牛, 耕牛。
短语
feel the draught
- informal experience an adverse change in one's financial circumstances〈非正式〉手头拮据, 感受经济状况发生逆转：
the high street shops will feel the draught most keenly.
大街上的商店将最明显地感到经济的下滑。
on draught
- (of beer or other drink) ready to be drawn from a barrel or tank; not bottled or canned（啤酒等饮料）从桶里取出的, 散装的。
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