George took off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.

乔治脱掉外套，卷起袖子，将右胳膊伸进了阴沟盖。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

Kill the goose that lays the golden egg; drain the pond to get all the fish

杀鸡取卵;竭泽而渔

属类：学习英语-成语例句-

On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain .

在他去糖果店的路上，50便士掉在地上，在人行道上跳了几下，掉进了阴沟里。

属类：学习英语-新概念英语-第三册

1:To understand the next brain expression you first need to know the word "drain ."2:As a verb, to drain means to remove something by letting it flow away.3:So, a brain drain may sound like a disease where the brain flows out the ears.[...]114:But, brain drain is when a country’s most educated people leave their countries to live in another.5:The brains are, sort of, draining out of the country.

1:要了解下一个和brain相关的词汇，你首先必须认识drain这个单词。2:作为一个动词，to drain的意思是流走。3:因此，brain drain（人才流失）可能听起来像是大脑从耳朵流出去的一种疾病。[...]114:但是brain drain的意思是指一个国家教育程度最高的人离开祖国到别的国家去生活。5:这些聪明人都从这个国家流失了。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：大脑相关词汇