draft
n. 气流, 草稿, 汇票, 草案 vt. 起草, 征兵 [计] 草稿
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教材释义与例句
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
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
拟稿;绘样;作草图
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
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A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
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The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.
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An act of drinking.
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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.
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A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
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Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
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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.
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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.
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An unsent e-mail.
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A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
草案
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An order for money to be paid; the document that states it: a cheque, note, bond, bill of exchange, money order, or IOU.
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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.
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A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.
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A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
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A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
选秀
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A style of play in collectible card games, where players select from a shared pool of cards.
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A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
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The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack (stretched) condition.
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The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
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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
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The act of drawing in a net for fish.
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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.
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A small stream or tributary.
可数 不可数Crossing several ridges & hollows & two small drafts of water.
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A ravine or narrow valley, especially one through which a stream (at least intermittently) flows.
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To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.
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To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
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To write a law.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
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To draw out; to call forth.
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To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
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To play a collectible card game by selecting from a shared pool of cards.
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Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
美国I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.
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Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
美国A Clydesdale is a draft horse.
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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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