"drain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

drain sustantivo

sustantivo + drain
Kolokacji: 15
brain drain • storm drain • power drain • energy drain • blood drain • ...
drain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 16
drain pipe • drain hole • drain opening • drain plug • drain line • ...
adjetivo + drain
Kolokacji: 22
financial drain • constant drain • big drain • huge drain • major drain • ...
(1) financial, economic
Kolokacji: 2
1. big drain = duży otwór odpływowy big drain
2. huge drain = olbrzymi otwór odpływowy huge drain
3. heavy drain = ciężki odpływ heavy drain
4. massive drain = masywny otwór odpływowy massive drain
5. substantial drain = solidny otwór odpływowy substantial drain
6. significant drain = znaczny odpływ significant drain
  • But farming can also be a significant drain.
  • Since they are never used and never thrown away boolteens account for a significant drain on the world's money supply.
  • As they constitute a significant drain on the camcorder's battery, they do reduce the shooting time per charge.
  • The magazine's political marginalization, however, also had financial consequences, becoming a significant financial drain by the early 1940s.
  • Short-term loans at high interest rates posed a significant financial drain.
  • Forbes's own investment in the Web never yielded a public offering and has been a significant drain on profits.
  • The number of workers involved placed a significant drain on the country's national labour force.
  • It is not a significant drain.
  • Supplies must be trucked in from South Africa, and this poses a significant drain on operating funds.
  • He had lost too much blood already, and any further significant drain would severely compro- mise him.
7. considerable drain = znaczący odpływ considerable drain
(4) major, French
Kolokacji: 2
(5) main, serious, far, severe
Kolokacji: 4
(6) clogged, open, liquid
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + drain
Kolokacji: 4
down the drain • into a drain • of the drain • in the drain

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