"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 6

(1) financial, economic

Kolokacji: 2

(2) constant, emotional, steady, net

Kolokacji: 4

Kolokacji: 7

(4) major, French

Kolokacji: 2

(5) main, serious, far, severe

Kolokacji: 4

1. serious drain = poważny odpływ serious drain

2. main drain = główny odpływ main drain

3. far drain = daleko odpływ far drain

4. severe drain = poważny odpływ severe drain

The expense of the stables, together with a generally lavish lifestyle, was a severe drain on Walls's finances.
The budget avoids a bond issue and a severe drain on the city's $34 million surplus.
An economic analysis of the storm indicates that despite the rebuilding boom it brought, the storm overall was a severe economic drain on the state.
Chekov noticed a severe drain on the portapack.
The Iraq war was expensive and continues to be a severe drain on U.S. finances.
If we're lucky, the gravity will remain normal, but if there is a severe drain on the ship's power, even that becomes expendable.
In her message, Miss Dewhurst said the fund had been suffering a severe drain.
Moreover, the sheer quantity of new products, with their heavy marketing and advertising costs, posed a severe drain on corporate resources.
The vast herds that result from such views are a severe drain on a fragile ecological system.
This placed the school under a severe financial and administrative drain.

(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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