draw out

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make (something) last for more time than is necessary; to prolong; to extend.
    — It seems the boss tries to draw out these meetings for as long as possible just to punish us.
  2. To physically extract, as blood from a vein.
    — Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
  3. To extract, to bring out, as concealed information; to elicit; to educe.
  4. To use means to entice or force (an animal) from its hole or similar hiding place.
    — They used raw meat to draw the beast out of the cave.
  5. To cause (a shy person) to be more open or talkative. broadly
    — She's really a neat person if you just take the time to draw her out.
  6. To redraw an electoral district in order to make it unlikely a particular candidate or party will win it.
  7. To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.
    — Jill had a flush on the turn, but Jimmy drew out by completing a full house on the river.
  8. To leave the place (of an army), etc. intransitive,obsolete
    — That the Scots Army drew out upon a March, and the English Army drew out to attend them, but could not engage them, by reason of a Bog and great Ditch between the two Armies, only they discharged their great Guns at one another, […]

词形变化

draws out present,singular,third-person drawing out participle,present drew out past drawn out participle,past
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