词典释义：
a current of cool air in a room or other confined space
（房间或其他狭窄空间内的）清凉的气流，通风
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heavy curtains at the windows cut out draughts .厚厚的窗帘挡住了空气的流通。
a single act of drinking or inhaling
一饮；一吸
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she downed the remaining beer in one draught .她将剩下的啤酒一饮而尽。
the amount swallowed or inhaled in one such act
一饮的量；吸入量
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he took deep draughts of oxygen into his lungs .他深深地吸了几口氧气。
〈诗／文或古〉 饮剂；（药水的）剂量
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a sleeping draught .一剂安眠药水。
the depth of water needed to float a particular ship
（船的）吃水（深度）
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the shallow draught enabled her to get close inshore .由于吃水浅，那船才得以向海岸靠近。
the drawing in of a fishing net
收网。
the fish taken at one drawing; a catch
一网鱼。
variant spelling of
同<Bold>DRAFT</Bold>.
denoting beer or other drink which is kept in and served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can, especially when cask-conditioned
（啤酒等饮料）直接从桶里取出供应的，散装供应的；生的
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draught ale .散装啤酒。
denoting an animal used for pulling heavy loads
（动物）役用的
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draught oxen .役牛，耕牛。
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feel the draught informal experience an adverse change in one's financial circumstances 〈非正式〉 手头拮据，感受经济状况发生逆转the high street shops will feel the draught most keenly . 大街上的商店将最明显地感到经济的下滑 -
on draught （of beer or other drink） ready to be drawn from a barrel or tank; not bottled or canned （啤酒等饮料）从桶里取出的，散装的
"Middle English （in the sense ‘drawing, pulling'; also ‘something drawn, a load’）： from Old Norse
