draughts

in AM, use 美国英语用 draft


1. N-COUNT 穿堂风;通风气流
   A draught is a current of air that comes into a place in an undesirable way.
   1. Block draughts around doors and windows...
      挡住门窗处的穿堂风。
   2. On a cold day there can be quite a draught from the letterbox.
      天冷的时候能明显感觉到从信箱那边吹来的过堂风。

in AM, use 美国英语用 draft


2. ADJ 桶装的;散装的
   Draught beer is beer which is kept in barrels rather than bottles.
   1. Draught beer is available too.
      还提供桶装啤酒。
3. N-COUNT 一大口
   A draught of liquid is a large amount that you swallow.
   1. He took a draught of beer...
      他喝了一大口啤酒。
   2. Having added more fruit juice on top, drink it down in one draught.
      在上面再加些果汁后，把它一口喝掉。
4. N-UNCOUNT 国际跳棋;西洋跳棋
   Draughts is a game for two people, played with 24 round pieces on a board.
   1. He was in the study playing draughts by the fire with Albert.
      他正和艾伯特在书房的炉火旁下国际跳棋。

in AM, use 美国英语用 checkers


5. (国际跳棋的)棋子
   A draught is one of the round pieces which are used in the game of draughts.

in AM, use 美国英语用 checker


6. ADJ （牲畜）役用的，拉车的
   A draught animal is one which pulls heavy loads, for example on a farm.
   1. ...an Irish draught mare.
      爱尔兰役用母马
7. N-COUNT 药水;饮剂
   A draught is a medicine in the form of a liquid which you drink.
   1. One of the night-duty nuns gave her a sleeping draught.
      一个值夜班的修女给了她一剂安眠药水。

1. Draughts help to circulate air
   穿堂风有助于空气流通。
2. They had blocked off the fireplaces to stop draughts.
   他们已经封住了壁炉，以阻挡通风。
3. Block draughts around doors and windows
   挡住门窗处的穿堂风。
4. He was in the study playing draughts by the fire with Albert.
   他正和艾伯特在书房的炉火旁下国际跳棋。
5. Under foot the leaves were dry, and the foliage of some holly bushes which grew among the deciduous trees was dense enough to keep off draughts.
   脚下的树叶已经干枯了，在这块落叶林中间，长着一些冬青灌木，它们稠密的树叶足可以挡风。
6. Tornadoes, floods, tidal waves, draughts are all unfair.
   龙卷风、洪水、潮汐、干旱，所有的都是不公平的。
7. They are the undisputed champions in draughts and Othello.
   它们是国际跳棋及黑白棋游戏无可争辩的冠军。
8. I will play at draughts with him.
   我跟他下一盘棋吧！
9. In the game the British Draughts version of the rules are being used.
   这个游戏应用英文版本的规则。
10. We keep them here to stop draughts.
    我把它们塞在上面阻止气流。
11. Arrival and proposed departure draughts;
    到港及预计出港吃水；
12. "Keep heat in, windows and doors shut" Seal ( up) the window to prevent draughts.
    防止热气外溢，请关门窗把窗户封起来以防风。
13. From the point of climate disasters, it is a year with serious disasters, especially with draughts.
    从气象灾害角度来看，灾情属偏重年份，其中尤以干旱突出。
14. Cambridge University: Here light and sacred draughts.
    哈佛大学：让真理与你为友。
15. They were playing draughts and she beat him.
    他们在玩西洋棋，她击败了他。
16. The reaction proceeds more smoothly if the round-bottom flask is shielded from draughts by being placed in an empty beaker.
    如果圆底烧瓶置于空烧杯中，则可屏蔽气流使反应进行平稳。
17. This technique has been very successful for games such as chess, draughts, checkers, or Othello.
    该技术已经非常成功地用于国际象棋，跳棋，或奥瑟罗等游戏。
18. Draughts on the board at the beginning of the game.
    在棋盘上。红方先开始这场游戏。
19. They asked small groups to do a variety of mental tests and then play a computer in a game of draughts.
    他们让一些小群体做了很多的思维测试，然后在电脑上玩国际跳棋。
20. They are playing a game of draughts.
    他们在下国际跳棋。
21. I made my way out there, breathing in great, deep draughts while walking slowly about, still wearing my white cook's hat.
    我信步走去，一边深深呼吸着空气，一边慢慢地踱着步，头上仍戴着那顶白色的厨师帽。
22. The moment I have something todo, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.
    我有事做的时候，我的通风口开了，烟筒流动了，我也快乐起来了。
23. The book "A course on draughts" is richly illustrated with diagrams and contains a large amount of exercises and solutions.
    这本书“国际跳棋课程”是丰富辅以图表加以说明，并包含了大量的练习和解决方案。
24. Chess, draughts and ludo are` board games.
    国际象棋、国际跳棋及儿童掷色子游戏都是在棋盘上比赛的游戏。
25. Chess is played on a similar board to draughts.
    国际象棋是在一块与跳棋棋盘类似的棋盘上下的。
26. The Special Points of the Draughts in Modern times, North China
    近代北中国旱灾的特点
27. The test results show that the zinc coat loss can be reduced as pass draughts increase by raising work cone angle rationally and reducing the bearing length, but which has not obvious effect on the mechanical properties of finished steel wire and the service life of die.
    试验结果表明部分压缩率增大时，合理增大工作锥角度、减少定径带长度，可减少锌层质量损失，而对成品钢丝的力学性能和模子寿命影响不明显。
28. The establishment of the mathematical model of collision avoidance which was validated by an example, according to ship bow forms, draughts, collision deformation, bridge pier shapes and hydrology conditions, etc. is described in the paper.
    本文根据船首形状、吃水、碰撞变形、桥墩形状和水文条件等，建立墩身避碰数学模型，以例验证。
29. For shallow draughts of the front wall, the numerical results agreed well with the available analytical results.
    在前墙淹没深度较小时，本文数值计算的结果与早先理论分析的一致。

noun

1. a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces

   Synonym:    checkers