drain

排水口、排水管

水などの液体を外へ流す穴や管。

やさしい英語で： A hole or pipe that carries water or other liquid away.

• The drain is blocked.
• Water disappeared down the kitchen drain.
• We cleaned the drains behind the house.

類義語： outlet, plughole

よく使う表現： blocked drain, sink drain, down the drain, bath drain

雨水排水口、雨水排水路

雨水を川などの水路へ直接流す排水口や溝。

やさしい英語で： An opening or channel that carries rainwater directly to a river or another waterway.

• Leaves blocked the storm drain.
• Rainwater flows through this drain into the river.
• Keep oil out of street drains.

類義語： storm drain, stormwater drain

よく使う表現： storm drain, rainwater drain, street drain

水を切る、排水する

物に含まれる水などの液体を流し出す。

やさしい英語で： To remove water or another liquid from something.

• Drain the pasta before serving it.
• We drained the pool yesterday.
• Have you drained the water from the tank?

使い方： drain something of something (They drained the tank of water.); drain something from something (Drain the oil from the pan.)

類義語： empty

反対語： fill

よく使う表現： drain the pasta, drain the tank, drain something dry

水が抜ける

容器や場所にたまった水などの液体が外へ流れる。

やさしい英語で： If a container or area does this, its water or other liquid flows out.

• The sink drains slowly.
• We waited for the bath to drain.
• This soil drains well after heavy rain.

類義語： empty

反対語： fill

よく使う表現： drain slowly, drain well, drain completely

流れ出る、流れ去る

液体が少しずつ流れて、その場からなくなる。

やさしい英語で： If liquid does this, it flows away gradually.

• The water drained away.
• Rain drains off the roof into a barrel.
• All the liquid had drained from the bag.

使い方： drain into something (Rainwater drains into the river.); drain from something (Water drained from the field overnight.)

類義語： flow away, run off

よく使う表現： drain away, drain off, drain into something