drench v. 浸（soak），浸透；n. 大雨，豪雨（deluge） -- KK [drɛntʃ]

1. 使濕透, 浸濕[H][(+to/with)...

vt. 及物動詞

1. 使濕透, 浸濕[H][(+to/with)]
   It was raining and I was drenched when I got home. 天下著雨, 我回到家時渾身濕透了。
2. 給(牲口)灌藥
   drench a horse 給馬灌藥

n.[U]

1. 濕透, 浸
2. 滂沱大雨
3. 浸液
4. 獸用藥水

brain drain 人才外流

vi. 不及物動詞
           人才外流
vt. 及物動詞
            使發生人才外流的現象

drain   KK [dren]
1. 排出(液體); 使流出[(+away/of...

 

vt. 及物動詞

1. 排出(液體); 使流出[(+away/off/out)]
   Ditches were dug to drain water from the swamp. 挖渠排掉沼澤的水。
2. 排掉(土地, 容器等的)水; 曬乾[(+off/of)]
3. 喝乾
   He drained a bottle of beer. 他喝光一瓶啤酒。
4. 耗盡[(+of)]
   The civil war drained the country of its manpower and wealth. 內戰耗盡了國家的人力和財富。

vi. 不及物動詞

1. (水等)流掉, 漸漸枯竭[(+away/off/out)]
   Luckily the water drained away in time. 幸好水及時排掉了。
2. (土地)排水; (衣服等)滴乾
   Put the raincoat on the balustrade to drain. 把雨衣放在欄杆上去滴乾。

n. 名詞

1. 排水管[C]
   The bathtub drain needs repairing. 浴盆的排水管需要修理。
2. 排水設備[P]
3. 排水, 流出[U]
4. 消耗, 負擔[C][(+on)]
   The cost of his children's education was a great drain on his money. 他孩子的教育費用造成他極大的負擔。
5. (財富等的)不斷外流, 逐漸流光[U][S1]
   What he has spent is a drain on the savings of his parents. 他所花費的會耗盡他父母的積蓄。

vow (n) 誓言 KK [vaʊ]

1. 誓, 誓言, 誓約[(+of)][+to-...

n. 名詞 [C]

1. 誓, 誓言, 誓約[(+of)][+to-v]
   We made a vow to stay friends forever. 我們發誓永遠做朋友。
2. 鄭重宣言; 許願
   My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday. 我父母許願, 每星期日都去做禮拜。
3. 立誓出家; 遁入空門

vt. 及物動詞

1. 發誓要(做)[+to-v][+(that)]
   I vowed never to reveal the secret. 我發誓決不洩漏這一祕密。
2. 鄭重宣告[+(that)]
   She vowed that she would take the matter to court. 她鄭重宣佈要把這事訴諸法律。

vi. 不及物動詞

1. 發誓, 許願
2. 鄭重宣告

oath of office (n phr) 就職宣言

KK [oθ]
1. 誓言, 誓約; 宣誓[+(that)]

n. 名詞 [C]

1. 誓言, 誓約; 宣誓[+(that)]
   He took an oath to give up gambling. 他發誓不再賭博。
2. 詛咒; 詛咒語
   He was answered with a torrent of oaths. 他得到的回答是滔滔不絕的詛咒。

tagrag 烏合之眾 [ˋtæg͵ræg]

n. 名詞

1. 烏合之眾

2. 下層人民; 下層社會

rag 破布, 碎布; 抹布; 造紙的破布料[C] [ræg]

同義詞 rag clothing, old clothes, scrap, fragment

變化形 名複rags

[1]

n. 名詞

1. 破布, 碎布; 抹布; 造紙的破布料[C][U]

   He cleaned the car with an oily rag. 他用一塊沾滿油污的破布擦汽車。

2. 碎片, 殘片; 少量, 丁點兒[S][(+of)]

   There is not a rag of evidence. 一點證據也沒有。

   There is not a rag to cover him. 他赤身裸體。

3. 破爛衣衫[P1]

   The beggar was dressed in rags. 這個乞丐穿著破衣爛衫。

4. 【俚】【貶】無價值的東西; 小報; 紙幣, 鈔票[C]

   Why are you reading that rag? 你怎麼看那種無聊的小報?

[2]

. 【口】和...開玩笑; 對...惡作劇

變化形 動變 ragged ragged ragging

變化形 名複 rags

[3]
散拍樂(曲); 散拍節奏; 散拍舞

contagious [kənˋtedʒəs] 接觸傳染性的

a. 形容詞

1. 接觸傳染性的

   Chicken pox is a contagious disease. 水痘是一種通過接觸而傳染的疾病。

2. (可能)帶接觸傳染原的

3. 照料接觸傳染病人的

4. (感情等)感染性的; 會蔓延的

   Fear can be contagious. 恐懼會感染他人。