draught
noun /drɑːft/
/dræft/
(British English) (North American English draft)
Idioms - [countable] a flow of cool air in a room or other small space
穿堂风；通风气流；通风 - There's a draught in here.
这儿有一股冷风。 - A cold draught of air blew in from the open window.
一股寒气从敞开的窗户吹了进来。 - in a draught I was sitting in a draught.
我坐在风口上。 - She shivered in the icy draught.
她在冰冷的寒风中瑟瑟发抖。 - a draught coming under the door
门底下吹来的风
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cold
- icy
- create
- prevent
- blow
- come
- whistle
- …
- excluder
- draught from
- a draught of air
- There's a draught in here.
- [countable] (formal) one continuous action of swallowing liquid (= making it go down your throat); the amount swallowed
一饮（的量） - He took a deep draught of his beer.
他喝了一大口啤酒。
- He took a deep draught of his beer.
- [countable] (old use or literary) medicine in a liquid form
药水；饮剂 - a sleeping draught (= one that makes you sleep)
一服安眠饮剂
- a sleeping draught (= one that makes you sleep)
- enlarge imagedraughts(British English)(North American English checkers)[uncountable] a game for two players using 24 round pieces on a board marked with black and white squares
国际跳棋； 西洋跳棋 - [countable] (British English) (North American English checker)one of the round pieces used in a game of draughts
（国际跳棋的）棋子； （西洋跳棋的）棋子
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘drawing, pulling’; also ‘something drawn, a load’): from Old Norse dráttr, of Germanic origin; related to German Tracht, also to draw. Compare with draft.
Idioms
on draught
- (British English) (of beer
啤酒 从桶中汲取的；散装的 - This beer is not available on draught (= it is available only in bottles or cans).
这种啤酒不卖散装。
- This beer is not available on draught (= it is available only in bottles or cans).