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
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heavy curtains at the windows cut out draughts .厚厚的窗帘挡住了空气的流通。
 
a single act of drinking or inhaling
一饮;一吸
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she downed the remaining beer in one draught .她将剩下的啤酒一饮而尽。
 
the amount swallowed or inhaled in one such act
一饮的量;吸入量
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he took deep draughts of oxygen into his lungs .他深深地吸了几口氧气。
 
〈诗/文或古〉 饮剂;(药水的)剂量
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a sleeping draught .一剂安眠药水。
 
the depth of water needed to float a particular ship
(船的)吃水(深度)
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the shallow draught enabled her to get close inshore .由于吃水浅,那船才得以向海岸靠近。
 
the drawing in of a fishing net
收网。
the fish taken at one drawing; a catch
一网鱼。
variant spelling of 
同
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
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draught ale .散装啤酒。
 
denoting an animal used for pulling heavy loads
(动物)役用的
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draught oxen .役牛,耕牛。
 
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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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draughtn.清凉的气流;通风;一饮;一吸;吃水;收网;一饮的量;吸入量;饮剂;剂量
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droughtn.长期干旱;旱灾;严重短缺;长期缺乏;口渴
 
"Middle English (in the sense ‘drawing, pulling'; also ‘something drawn, a load’): from Old Norse 

