- [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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cold
- icy
- create
- prevent
- blow
- come
- whistle
- …
- excluder
- draught from
- a draught of air
- [countable] (formal)
one continuous action of swallowing liquid (= making it go down your throat); the amount swallowed 一饮（的量） - [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
- draughts(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
Word OriginMiddle 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 taken from a large container (= a barrel) 从桶中汲取的；散装的