draft

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #5812 ★★★☆☆

n. 气流, 草稿, 汇票, 草案 vt. 起草, 征兵 [计] 草稿

发音

UK /dɹɑːft/
UK /dɹæft/
US /dɹæft/

词形变化

drafts 复数 drafts drafted drafting drafts 三单 drafting 现在分词 drafted 过去式 drafted 过去分词

别名

dft. draught

教材释义与例句

名词

汇票;草稿;选派;(尤指房间、烟囱、炉子等供暖系统中的)(小股)气流

a piece of writing or a plan that is not yet in its finished form

动词

起草;制定;征募

to write a plan, letter, report etc that will need to be changed before it is in its finished form

动词

拟稿;绘样;作草图

形容词

初步画出或(写出)的;(设计、草图、提纲或版本)正在起草中的,草拟的;以草稿形式的;草图的

a piece of writing that is not yet in its finished form

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

    美国 可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.

    美国 可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    An act of drinking.

    美国 可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.

    美国 可数 不可数

    to drink at a draft

    She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.

  5. 5.

    A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).

    美国 可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.

    美国 可数 不可数
  7. 7.

    The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.

    美国 可数 不可数 航海 交通
  8. 8.

    A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.

    草稿

    可数 不可数

    I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.

    His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.

  9. 9.

    An unsent e-mail.

    可数 不可数
  10. 10.

    A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.

    草案

    可数 不可数
  11. 11.

    An order for money to be paid; the document that states it: a cheque, note, bond, bill of exchange, money order, or IOU.

    古体 可数 不可数
  12. 12.

    Conscription; the system of forcing people to serve in the military.

    征兵

    加拿大 美国 可数 不可数

    He left the country to avoid the draft.

  13. 13.

    A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.

    可数 不可数
  14. 14.

    A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.

    美国 可数 不可数 政治
  15. 15.

    A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.

    选秀

    美国 可数 不可数 体育
  16. 16.

    A style of play in collectible card games, where players select from a shared pool of cards.

    可数 不可数 游戏
  17. 17.

    A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.

    古体 可数 不可数 英国
  18. 18.

    The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack (stretched) condition.

    美国 可数 不可数 交通
  19. 19.

    The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.

    可数 不可数
  20. 20.

    The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.

    美国 古体 可数 不可数

    using oxen for draft

    shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft

  21. 21.

    The act of drawing in a net for fish.

    美国 古体 可数 不可数
  22. 22.

    That which is drawn in; a catch; a haul.

    美国 古体 可数 不可数

    He cast his net, which brought him a very great draft.

  23. 23.

    A small stream or tributary.

    可数 不可数

    Crossing several ridges & hollows & two small drafts of water.

  24. 24.

    A ravine or narrow valley, especially one through which a stream (at least intermittently) flows.

    可数 不可数
v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

  3. 3.

    To write a law.

  4. 4.

    To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.

    There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.

    They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.

  5. 5.

    To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.

    To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.

    美国 及物

    He was drafted during the Vietnam War.

  6. 6.

    To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.

    To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.

    The calves were drafted from the cows.

  7. 7.

    To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.

    To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.

    美国 及物 体育

    After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.

  8. 8.

    To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.

    及物/不及物
  9. 9.

    To draw out; to call forth.

  10. 10.

    To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.

  11. 11.

    To play a collectible card game by selecting from a shared pool of cards.

    游戏
adj.
  1. 1.

    Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

    美国

    I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.

  2. 2.

    Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.

    美国

    A Clydesdale is a draft horse.

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词源

A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.

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