1Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

他绘制了一张地图。

1. 1.1 Produce an image of (someone or something) by making lines and marks on paper.
   （用钢笔或铅笔）给…画素描
   I asked her to draw me

   我请他给我画素描像。

   no object you're at art college, you must be able to draw

   你上的是美术学院，一定会画素描。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • A note pinned to the fridge has a hen and a pan on fire drawn on it.
   • He just draws on everything and smokes cigarettes all day long.
   • She could never draw properly when she knew someone was watching.
   • It was obvious to me that the woman she'd drawn was real, not just imagined.
   • My guess is that is he is a good observer who draws what he sees.
   • He's an independent filmmaker now working for a Manhattan advertising firm, drawing animated tacos and hating on his boss every chance he gets.
   • He told his comrades that he could draw what was under the canvas.
   • When police gave him a sheet of paper, he drew a grand piano.
   • The embodied capacity to write and draw seems to rule over the languid group of objects underneath.
   • This time around, you are older, and you probably do not have the desire to draw, nor post your personal art on the family fridge.
   • I started drawing and a piece of paper landed on my desk.
   • Dodger took another piece of paper and drew a cone with a wide base and a line near the bottom to show the ground; then near the top he put in a small circle connected to the cone by a line.
   • She drew soaring cityscapes in crayon, painted remote-looking girls in watercolor.
   • A girl at the pub sits next to me, another forward blond, maybe four years old, and takes my paper and pen and draws me.
   • The stuff I draw is a bit weird; it's just another way of expressing myself, it's just for me really.
   • Sometimes I go through spells when I just draw, when I just write, when I just paint.
   • Peels were put in slide frames and studied under a binocular microscope and drawn using a camera lucida.
   • For example, a comic book character doesn't really come to life until drawn on a piece of paper or whatever.
   • In one of his last cartoons for the paper, Sherffius drew a Republican elephant riding a pig representing pork-barrel projects.
   • Even just random swirly things suggest that he's got an amazing and steady hand at drawing.

   Synonyms

   sketch, make a drawing (of), make a diagram (of), pencil

   portray, depict, delineate, outline, draft, rough out, illustrate, render, represent, trace, map out, mark out, plot, chart, design

   do drawings

   literary limn
2. 1.2 Trace or produce (a line or mark) on a surface.
   （在表面）画（线），做（标记）
   she drew a wavering line down the board

   她在黑板的下方画了一条曲曲弯弯的线。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • China's territorial boundary line is drawn extending around contested islands in the South China Sea.
   • Please indicate italics by underlining and indicate boldface by drawing a wavy line beneath the affected characters.
   • He was an intelligent man and drew a line delineating that region of South Australia that experienced, by and large, reliable rainfall, from that which did not.
   • But to understand and analyze the overall debate, it is useful to draw the boundary lines with broad brushstrokes.
   • The main problem is a disagreement about where to draw the boundary lines between the camps.
   • In the 1920s, Ireland had a Boundary Committee that drew the border between North and South.
   • This incongruity revealed a much deeper problem than inconsistency in drawing racial lines between North and South.
   • He drew a line indicating the limit of the rainfall which coincided with the southern boundary of saltbush country.
   • Together, they drew lines, and squiggles, and circles, until the green crayon was exhausted.
   • It doesn't take much to chart really, just a program that lets you draw a straight line.
   • An informal boundary line has been drawn between these armed camps.
   • A horizontal line was drawn 5 mm perpendicular from the sternum keel of each print.
   • He developed the hemicyclium, a sundial which has the hour lines drawn on the surface of a conic section giving greater accuracy.
   • Lines are drawn on a canvas, either harmonious curves or cosmic chaos.
   • It is not be the first time these areas have become part of this zone; in 1997 the line was drawn as far north as Nantes River.
   • He was drawing lines and putting numbers on various areas.
   • Through that point draw a horizontal line to the intersection with the hypotenuse.
   • To help rectify this, Council will begin by redefining the city boundary - drawing a line beyond which transport and bulk services will not be offered.
   • Then yesterday I was drawing wiggly lines in my sketchbook (like you do) and lo - people.
   • And even areas where boundary lines have been drawn have not been free of problems.

   Synonyms

   copy, reproduce, go over, draw over, draw the lines of

2Pull or drag (something such as a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind.

一辆由两匹马拉的大车。

1. 2.1with object and adverbial of direction Pull or move (something) in a specified direction.
   把…拉向（或拖至）
   I drew back the blanket and uncovered the body

   我把毯子向后拉了一拉便发现了尸体。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • She moved closer, drawing her hand along his cheek.
   • Kieran lay curled on his side, already drifting, waiting for the covers to be drawn over him.
   • As she moves back, she draws her hands around my neck and then toward her.
   • Nine figures stood around it, in a circle, all save one were dressed in black robes, with hoods drawn up to cover their faces.
   • Smiling, Paragon drew his covers tighter and pondered up at the stars that his father's people adored so much.
   • For a moment I was blinded by pain and I pulled back, drawing my arm against my chest.

   Synonyms

   pull, haul, drag, tug, heave, trail, trawl, tow

   Irish streel

   informal yank, lug

   archaic hale
2. 2.2with object and adverbial of direction Gently pull or guide (someone) in a specified direction.
   把…拉向（或拖至）
   ‘David,’ she whispered, drawing him aside

   “戴维，"她把他拉到一边悄悄说。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Gently pulling her to him, he drew her into an embrace and kissed her again.
   • She pulled his shirt, drawing him closer to her and whispered in his ear.
   • Taking the tankard from her, he set both their drinks aside and drew her into the circle of dancers prancing about the fire in time to a fiddler.
   • He playfully pulled my sleeve, drawing me into a hug.
   • ‘Good girl,’ he whispered, and he drew her in to kiss her for the first time.
   • I gently got Abigail into a sitting position and drew her against me.
   • Having gently drawn us into the world of energy healing, she ‘slam dunks’ us here.
   • One day, while Danny was at work, Susan drew her daughter aside for a chat.
   • He impulsively drew her nearer to him as the dance started, guiding her through the steps.
   • Daniel wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close, drawing her into a deeper, more urgent kiss.
   • Pulling her around to him he drew her onto his lap.
   • He pulled Irene out the door and paused, drawing her to him.
   • ‘Lady Margaret,’ he whispered, drawing me closer so I could feel his breath on my neck and face.
   • She shrieked loudly, though it was most probably drowned out by the rain, as a hand grabbed her arm and sharply pulled her up, drawing her into the warm chest of some person.
   • He drew her to him gently, holding her against him, and she didn't resist but let herself turn fluid in his arms, let the touch of his lips on her face wash over her like a tide.
   • He draws the young woman aside, holding her ice-cold hand.
   • He drew me closer and pulled his cloak over our heads and stopped.
   • I tightened my hold on Liv's fingers and she gently drew me inside.
   • Completely undone, she drew him gently into her arms and held him.
   • It had been as if some irresistible force had drawn him in her direction.
3. 2.3no object, with adverbial of direction Move somewhere in a slow steady way.
   （缓慢又稳妥地）移动，行进
   the train drew in to the station

   火车徐徐驶进车站。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The train drew into Moscow's Paveletsky Station, platform number four.
   • There had been about 90 of them, and I only managed to collect about half before the train drew into the station.
   • As the platform drew near and the train started to slow, I looked quickly out of the window to see everyone stood on the platform ready to greet me.
   • Still, as it drew into the station, it clearly wasn't packed to the gunnels.
   • She grabbed Darwin's arm and stepped forward as the train drew to a stop in front of them.
   • He slowed as he drew near, like he sensed there was something there.
   • At that moment I heard footsteps which slowed as they drew closer to my door.
   • The emergency cord was pulled, and as the tube train drew into Oval station a man dashed out of the doors and ran.
   • Still moving, we drew nearer to the location and our hearts began to pound faster.
   • The people's feet, ahead of us, moved onward, drawing away.
   • Catherine leapt to her feet as the sounds of footsteps drew nearer.
   • Although to her dismay, his lips did not pucker nor did they even move as she drew near.
   • It was less than an hour later when the train drew into the City.
   • I slowed down to draw alongside the car I was overtaking.
   • Brake slowed slightly as he drew even with a busy corner lot, filled with the happy associations of a mid-heat birthday party.
   • Her eyes focused through her vague attention, and narrowed on some signs that told her that a train station was drawing near.
   • My mind keeps repeating those words as the footsteps draw nearer.
   • As the plaintiff approached the coach he saw two other small boys near the coach and as he drew alongside the vehicle these boys jumped away and there was an explosion.

   Synonyms

   move, go, come, walk, proceed, progress, travel, continue, advance, get, make it, make one's way, pass, make a move, drive

   crawl, creep, inch, roll, glide, cruise, drift, nose

   sneak, steal, slip, slink, sidle

   bear, press, blow, forge, sweep, lurch, be carried

   back

   budge, stir, shift, change position

   rare locomote
4. 2.4no object, with adverbial Come to or arrive at a point in time or in a process.
   来到，来临
   the campaign drew to a close

   竞选接近尾声。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • As the show drew to a close (after a disappointingly short 60 minutes) I was left wanting slightly more.
   • As it drew to a close, however, it was realised that the monies raised would stretch to providing a second well - thanks to the generosity of all who participated.
   • ‘Dear Lillie, I leave Japan today with very great regret,’ he wrote from Kobe as August 1907 drew to a close.
   • As the week of the Festival drew to a close, I still had not heard from you, and became worried that you may have lost my phone numbers, or just forgotten to ring me.
   • The Master Games drew to a close on Saturday night, with two thirds of the 3,500 competitors taking home messages about the games and The Centre.
   • Loughglynn Marque Carnival drew to a close last Tuesday night and a ‘full house’ was present for the final dance with Brendan Shine and his band.
   • By the early 1970s, as the war in Vietnam drew to a close, one-fifth of the Army's total manpower was in Europe.
   • The initial programme drew to a close in April but the UK government has since funded a second three-year project, which kicked off last month.
   • The weekend drew to a close with an ecumenical service in the chapel of Woodlock House which was given to the Sisters of Cluny by the Malcomsons in the early 20th Century.
   • As the week drew to a close, the camp assembled for a final campfire.
   • I was finishing an undergraduate degree at Sydney University in 1975, and heard many theories as the academic year drew to a close.
   • As it drew to a close last Sunday, the Festival was deemed highly successful both by the organisers and the many members of the public who had attended.
   • As each one drew to a close, thousands had gathered in the square to watch as the light faded in the evening sky and brightened simultaneously in the room where the Pope lay.
   • With Spring Festival having arrived and Valentine's Day drawing near, the number of flowers that will be sold is expected to reach a record high.
   • The four-day nonstop party honoring Queen Elizabeth II and her half century on the throne drew to a close today in the British capitol.
   • It drew to a close with ‘Hosanna’, composed by Caleb Simper.
   • As the evening drew to a close, bevies of giggling schoolgirls and aspiring musicians poured out of the auditorium exchanging notes on the performances.
   • As the month drew to a close the Local Authority added up the cost of everything it plans to do over the next five years and announced the bill will come to a total of £30 million.
   • Then as the half drew to a close Martin showed keen awareness with a quickly taken free kick but was left frustrated as his kick curled the away from an unguarded net, the keeper stranded at his opposite post.
   • Another exhibition, ‘Leaving Home’, drew to a close yesterday.
5. 2.5 Pull (curtains) shut or open.
   拉（窗帘等）
   do you want me to draw the curtains?

   你要我把窗帘拉上吗？

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Without her knowing, the man had shut the windows and drawn the curtains.
   • She walked over to the window and drew the curtains, shutting out the inquisitive glare of the moon.
   • She pulled the heavy window shut, drew the curtains, and fell sleepily onto the bed.
   • I drew open the curtains on a glorious day, the light even, clear, and merciless.
   • He drew the curtains shut silently and turned around, not offering a word.
   • I switched off my bedside lamp and drew open the curtains.
   • I drew open the curtains, let white light wash through the before dark room.
   • I closed the door behind me and drew the curtains open so the moonlight could beam into my room.
   • He tried to spy Claire behind one of them, but as always the curtains were drawn shut.
   • She tightened her robe and drew open the curtains.
   • The curtains were drawn so I moved quickly over to them to see what kind of view was behind them.
   • The waitress shuts the windows and draws the curtains.
   • The windows upstairs were shut, the curtains drawn.
   • We draw open the curtain and emerge from the cubicle together.
   • A few moments later someone drew the curtains, shutting the light down to a soft dim.
   • A little girl drew the curtains open to reveal a window to the street outside, where people walked by, seeming to be part of the performance.
   • She drew open the shower curtain and closed the shower.
   • The nurse drew the curtain shut again and walked off.
   • When it came to the end of the day, though, I was more than happy to draw the curtains and shut the day out.
   • She shut the windows and drew her curtains, letting her gaze linger on the moon for a while.

   Synonyms

   close, shut, pull together, pull shut, pull to, draw to, lower

   open, part, pull back, pull open, fling open, raise
6. 2.6 Make (wire) by pulling a piece of metal through successively smaller holes.
   拉制（铁丝）；轧制；压延
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Aluminum wire, drawn from rolled rod, may be stranded into cable of any desired size and type.
   • The structure of heavily drawn wire or rolled sheet consists of very long interlocking grains.

3Extract (an object) from a container or receptacle.

他拔出枪，向昏暗的房间内窥视。

4Take or obtain (liquid) from a container or receptacle.

为了从井里取水而特地制造了一个辅助轮。

他汲出了一品脱苦啤酒。

1. 4.1 Run (a bath)
   给（浴缸）放满水
   I would have been drawing his bath

   Example sentencesExamples

   • A bath had been drawn so I could cleanse myself of the dirt of traveling, which I gratefully did, drowning in the aroma of mint.
   • She found it a bit strange that they had drawn her up a bath and then placed her in such a nicely furnished room, but was too weary to think on it much.
   • She went into the bathroom and drew herself a nice hot bubble bath.
   • The contractions were causing sufficient discomfort that the midwife on duty drew Heather a warm bath… which promptly caused the contractions to stop.
   • They had drawn a hot bath for her and Isabella with scented oils and a variety of soaps that Maria could never had imagined.
   • All she wanted to do was to send Will over a friend's house, draw a hot bath, and go to bed.
   • We get into the house, and while Nathan and his brother head straight for the living room, I run up the stairs and draw a long, hot bath for him.
   • To complete the effect, feel free to draw yourself a hot bath, and crawl in the tub with a nice cup of tea and a spreadsheet.
   • She made her way out of bed and drew herself a hot bath.
   • She drew a hot bath for herself and took down her long brown hair.
   • Like me, you probably don't think twice about switching on a light, drawing a hot bath, turning up the heat or calling a friend on the phone.
   • An eternity of wheezy, sensitive romance later, your lover is slain, your bath drawn and now the blade is at your own flesh.
   • I went into the bathroom to find the bath already drawn for me.
   • Karen Nelson was contentedly lying in her husband's arms amidst the bubbles of the hot bath he had drawn.
   • She walked towards her bathing room and looked at the bath that Filia had drawn for her.
   • When Coleman returned to his home after his days on the street, Mac Donald reports, he drew himself a hot bath, got into it and started to cry.
   • Pippin wants a bath and they debate who is going to bathe first but see that three baths can be drawn at once.
   • She took a breath and smiled, noting a bath already drawn for her.
   • Etria hummed to herself as she waited for her bath to be drawn.
   • The three of us had baths drawn, two for Matt and Brock to share, and a private one for me.
2. 4.2draw something from Obtain something from (a particular source)
   （从…）获得；取得；提取；领取
   an independent panel of judges drawn from members of the public

   从公众中选出的一个独立的陪审团。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Other fountains drew their inspiration from various Greek legends, thus infusing a sense of mystery to every sight that one laid one's eyes on.
   • It draws its inspiration from Norway, where the government started phasing in smoking restrictions in the late 1980s, stipulating that 25 per cent of all tables in bars and restaurants must be non-smoking.
   • The Carlow Brewing Company draws its inspiration from the history of the surrounding area to produce traditional Celtic recipes.
   • While he and his once-youthful collaborators have become modern icons, Baldry draws his inspiration from the masters of an even earlier era.
   • In contrast, civilization's three previous historic forms of government drew their power from different sources.
   • While in England, he noticed that many of those working for the abolition of slavery drew their inspiration from the Bible.
   • Thy drew their inspiration from a group of women who decided to walk around London in aid of breast cancer.
   • These four talented musicians draw their inspiration from widely varied sources of music.
   • Should they be more discerning about the sources they draw their information from?
   • Evans draws her inspiration from an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island.
   • Historians now drew their inspiration from indigenous language sources and local colonial archives.
   • The collection of poetry by the Kilkelly man, who draws his inspiration from real life events, is available in Newsround, Main St., and Caulfield's, Upper Main St. Ballyhaunis.
   • Most ancient kings were attributed to the highest order of priesthood, and drew their authority from a divine source, for whom they acted as a living representative.
   • Assu draws his inspiration from his friends, family and mixed-cultural upbringing.
   • That extra man proved to be a hindrance to Laois however and it was Dublin who drew most inspiration from the situation.
   • They also drew an inspiration from what they learn in the classroom, informs one of the art teachers who supervised the ambitious, annual project.
   • Even some of the government hospitals draw their supplies from the same source.
   • The operating budget draws its funds from three sources: tuition dollars, alumni gifts through the annual fund and a portion of the return from the endowment, Aase said.
   • Performing in the traditional Irish style, he draws his inspiration from another age.
   • He often draws his inspiration from animals and examples of his latest work use a study of lizards as a starting point.

5Select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

1. 5.1draw on Use (one's experience, talents, or skills) as a resource.
   利用，动用，凭，靠（经验，才干，技能）
   Sue has a lot of past experience to draw on

   苏有丰富的经验可以利用。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It is linking into the skills that exist outside the college and drawing on people's experience from their work, both inside and outside the college.
   • They draw on memories of past experience when in pain, and this leads to thinking and behaviour, which is the result of those experiences.
   • Chang will draw on personal experience to discuss the tragic past of the world's fastest growing superpower.
   • The editor suggests sources and resources to the writer, draws on personal experience and knowledge to widen the reach of the reporting and research.
   • As a result of pooling expertise and drawing on experience from past programmes, we can see that no two areas are the same in terms of rural development.
   • ‘They developed the product and we can still draw on their talent and experience,’ said Braun.
   • They have incredible resources, and can draw on talent from all over the world, and the standard of competition there really has no peer.
   • We draw on ideas, experiences and talents from the community, and create shows and present them back to the community.
   • Over the past few months he has been drawing on his remarkable experiences to become a motivational speaker, a role he uses to create a more positive image of disability in the workplace.
   • Even our top leaders are guilty of such unnecessary qualification, which clearly does not draw on past experience.
   • Looking for a spark, head coach Mike Mularkey is drawing on past experience.
   • Fremantle drew on his past experience in presenting yet another option.
   • The previous rulers often spent hours browsing through the volumes during times of great peril, drawing on the experiences of the past for answers.
   • The idea is that our subconscious minds are constantly processing all sorts of information and drawing on our past experience, so that in many cases snap decisions turn out to be correct ones.
   • Is it possible, drawing on the experience of the past year, to identify the key components of a winning strategy against al-Qaeda?
   • Inspired by her success and drawing on her past experience of office management and bookkeeping, she has now set up SAS Bookkeeping to provide bookkeeping, payroll and administration support to small businesses.
   • Can the standoff be resolved in a ‘rational’ manner that draws on past experience to avoid the worst?
   • Human beings debate and discuss ideas, constructing arguments, drawing on past experiences and imagining future possibilities, in order to change the opinions of others.
   • He has a spectrum of talents and draws on a wide range of experiences and influences, exposures and environments.
   • Whether you needed some time alone or preferred having someone nearby, you can draw on your past experiences to plan ahead.

   Synonyms

   call on, have recourse to, avail oneself of, turn to, look to, fall back on, rely on, make use of, exploit, use, employ, utilize, bring into play
2. 5.2 Obtain or withdraw (money) from a bank or other source.
   提，取（钱）
   now I just draw out a spending allowance every week

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Less money will be available to government, and that money will be drawn more heavily from those who have the least.
   • You put off buying an annuity, invest the money, and draw some of it off as a pension.
   • What is interesting is that all private sector industries are being run with money drawn from publicly owned banks.
   • The money will be drawn using a card and a PIN at a post office.
   • In the normal course customers pay their credit card accounts on time by drawing against deposits at banks on which effectively no interest is being paid.
   • No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.
   • First, is this a situation in which money can be drawn down merely because there is a bona fide claim?
   • The value is subject to the normal income tax on the money drawn down from the fund or annuity.
   • When so much importance and security is given to draw one's own money from a bank, why not show similar care for one's health?
   • The MPs decided that the money drawn would be taxed by 16 per cent instead of the present 20 per cent.
   • Akzo subsidized these low prices by money drawn from the plastics sector.
   • My mother has never paid a bill, written a cheque or drawn money from the bank in her life.
   • Money has been drawn away from deposit accounts to unit trusts, life assurance, and pension plans.
   • We were afraid that if we opened the door on treatment at all, then all of our money would be drawn away.
   • He said the bank would not draw or demand any money from the client as the bank would only claim insurance when one was fired.

   Synonyms

   withdraw, take out
3. 5.3Hunting Search (cover) for game.
   〔猎〕在…中搜寻猎物
   many a time she had seen the hounds draw such a covert
4. 5.4Bridge (of the declarer) force the defenders to play (cards in a particular suit) by leading cards in that suit.
   〔桥牌〕逼（牌），吊（牌）
   before establishing his diamonds, declarer must draw trumps

   为了确保手中剩下的方块牌全赢，定约人必须先吊王牌。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The declarer then draws an equal number of cards from the top of the heap, including the face-up trump card if the contract is vuelta.
   • A player who cannot play may be penalised by having to draw one or more cards from an undealt stock.
   • Any player who draws a card of the trump rank during the deal may place it face up on the table, and its suit then becomes trumps for the hand.
   • The player who drew the trump card keeps it and begins phase two.
   • If you draw a card of the trump rank during the deal, you are not obliged to expose it immediately or at all.
5. 5.5draw on Suck smoke from (a cigarette or pipe)
   抽烟，吸烟
   she drew heavily on her cigarette

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Ben Menashe is drawing on another cigarette while simultaneously undressing before the eyes of the general public in the jockey's improvised changing room, a horse stall at the end of the parade ring.
   • Hands shaking, he took one from the pack and lit it, drawing on it deeply, letting the smoke fill his lungs.
   • She coughed after drawing on the smoke, and when she finished, Deidre became aware of her raspy breathing.
   • She watched as he tilted his hat back on his head and drew on his cigarette.
   • But once the ban is in place, even filming an actor drawing on a cigarette will be against the law, since all enclosed public spaces - including film sets - are out of bounds.
   • She drew on her smoke and put it out in a plant pot at the twins' door then turned down the hallway and into her room.
   • Eric frowned thoughtfully and drew on his pipe.
   • You draw on it like a cigarette and nicotine passes into your mouth.
   • They shared a match, then each took a contented draw on his pipe.
   • True, I did not stand there, nonchalantly drawing on a cigarette
   • He sat opposite me, at a table on the riverside terrace of the ITV studios on London's South Bank, talking excitedly into my tape recorder, pausing only to draw on his cigarette.
   • He drew on his cigarette dramatically, exhaling with an equally dramatic sigh.
   • As the Scottish actor draws on his cigarette in the vain hope it will warm him up, a passer-by stops to gaze at him.
   • ‘It's going to be crazy,’ said Rob O'Rourke, sipping a pint of lager and drawing on a cigarette outside Paddy Foley's, the Irish bar he manages.
   • ‘I loathe him,’ he said as he drew on a cigarette outside his office.
   • He draws on his cigarette and looks out the kitchen window again.
   • Casually he stuck the incense in a brass bowl in front of a plastic Buddha, and drew on his cigarette.
   • Shivering in the cold and drawing on a cigarette, she keeps a wary eye on any passers by.
   • Farner draws on his cigarette, exhales, and spits.
   • She lit a cigarette, her fingers brown from nicotine, and wheezed as she drew on the unfiltered smoke.

   Synonyms

   puff on, draw on, pull on
6. 5.6no object (of a chimney, flue, or fire) allow air to flow in and upwards freely, so that a fire can burn.
   （烟囱，烟道或火）通畅，通风
   failure of a fire to draw properly can have a number of causes

   火炉通风不好可以有很多原因。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The chimney was drawing well and the smoke was quickly sucked out of the room.
7. 5.7 Take in (a breath)
   吸入，吸（气）
   Mrs Feather drew a long breath

   费瑟太太长长地吸了一口气，然后呼出。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • And Barrett looks to be the best candidate for the job who's ever drawn a breath.
   • Joe drew a few deep breaths and turned angrily on his heel.
   • The child drew her first lusty breath, and all memory of Before was buried to allow the child to grow.
   • She drew a deep calming breath and put his hand back on the covers.
   • The air seemed thick for a moment as Rebecca drew short, labored breaths.
   • He resisted the urge to swallow, hard, and drew a long careful breath.
   • I veer into the middle lane again, car swerving wildly, and draw a second deep breath.
   • After drawing the requisite deep breath, he began to speak.
   • You wait and wait for the exhale, but it never comes, because the breath is still being drawn.
   • I drew a few ragged breaths and fought to regain my composure.
   • When I inhaled, the needle would move from 130 to 0 before I had drawn half a breath.
   • Each breath she drew seemed deeper and stronger than the last.
   • She drew a few deep breaths and padded toward the bathroom as she stripped off her nightgown.
   • So back we go to Brewer, Pennsylvannia, as the century draws its last wheezy breaths where everything's changed and nothing's very different.

   Synonyms

   breathe in, inhale, suck in, inspire, respire
8. 5.8no object (of tea) be left standing so that the flavour is extracted from the leaves.
   （茶）被泡开，被泡出味来
   a pot of tea is allowed to draw

   让一壶茶泡着。

9. 5.9 Disembowel.
   挖出…的内脏
   after a mockery of a trial he was hanged, drawn, and quartered

   在一场假审判之后，他被绞死、开膛并分尸。

   Synonyms

   disembowel, eviscerate, dress, clean, remove the innards from, remove the guts from

6Be the cause of (a specified response)

他因挥霍无度而招致批评。

1. 6.1 Attract (someone) to come to a place or an event.
   引来，招引，吸引
   you really drew the crowds with your playing

   你的演奏的确引来了成群的人。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The Thursday before the two marquee events drew a crowd of 23,630.
   • The English department held a teach-in that, like other such events, drew a crowd.
   • This eagerly anticipated annual event once again drew the crowds and this time there was the added attraction of an extra race on the town centre circuit.
   • The event drew an enthusiastic audience of 1,100 on a Saturday evening.
   • Here, luxuriously confined, they drew crowds of visitors attracted by their boisterous commentary.
   • The groups have wanted to use park space for this cultural event, which draws visitors and participants from all corners of the United States.
   • Such events often draw crowds of several hundred people and are well covered in local and regional newspapers.
   • His funeral will be at the National Cathedral, an event likely to draw world leaders.
   • Although Friday was cloudy and blighted with intermittent rain, the weather proved kind on Saturday with sunshine and warmth drawing crowds to the event.
   • But it was the opening event that had drawn a healthy crowd of onlookers.
   • All nine drivers deserve the highest praise for performing faultlessly throughout the event, which drew a total crowd of nearly 100,000 over the three days.
   • Not only does he brew the tsipouro, he's also a talented singer, and was ‘in concert’ for guests one night, an event which also drew a large audience of locals.
   • The event drew record crowds for the three day festival with 150,000 in attendance.
   • The event drew a huge crowd, as this sport gatherers greater and greater interest amongst the locals.
   • It attracts advertisers by drawing a large audience of users to its service.
   • In this city, fashion events always draw excited crowds.
   • Soaring temperatures brought Lewisham residents out in force to enjoy two annual events which always draw a huge crowd.
   • Over the years, no event ever drew such crowds to town and it was a day of days that never failed to give people a day out and of course it will jog old memories.
   • The monsters and other sci-fi characters are the attractions that draw people to our events, and help us raise money.
   • We create attractive cost efficient websites that will draw visitors and customers to your business or personal web pages.

   Synonyms

   attract, interest, win, capture, catch the eye of, catch, catch hold of, hold, grip, engage, allure, lure, entice, invite

   absorb, occupy, rivet, engross, fascinate, mesmerize, hypnotize, spellbind, bewitch, captivate, entrance, enthral, enrapture
2. 6.2 Induce (someone) to reveal or do something.
   诱使（某人）说出（或做某事）
   he refused to be drawn on what would happen

   Example sentencesExamples

   • By giving us characters that we care for, we are genuinely drawn into the competition and acquire an interest you never would have thought possible.
   • But instead, I was entirely drawn into the teenage drama happening next door.
   • It was important not just because of the verbal spat he was drawn into with White, but also because of a smaller controversy closer to home.
   • He was drawn into a street brawl that, for him, proved lethal.
   • He is drawn into the struggle after meeting Uva, an eco-warrior who becomes his lover and who also vanishes.
   • Ministers hope the national launch of the scheme will help nip offending in the bud and stop young people being drawn into a life of crime.
   • It's working because we're not producing the kinds of jobs we need, good jobs, in this economy and people are drawn into the military.
   • We need to maintain a firm policy on outlawing prostitution, while also addressing the reasons why men and women are drawn into it.
   • United manager Alex Smith was also drawn on the topic afterwards.
   • If you are drawn into a commitment to how you will vote, you'll only be ratifying the corruption of the confirmation process.
   • She is drawn into a secret society of sacrificial murder.
   • It was then he was unwittingly drawn into one of the industry's most famous frauds, though he was entirely innocent.
   • People are drawn into the debate for a variety of reasons.
   • Over the course of the week I spent with Marcon, I was drawn into the slavish drudge work that haute cuisine demands.
   • Det Chief Supt Howlett confirmed the body had been buried but would not be drawn into revealing any further details.
   • But he was drawn into experimenting with drugs as he grew older.
   • By the way, if ever you're drawn into betting on the mee-pok man, here's a tip.
   • Willy-nilly and no doubt unwillingly, he is then drawn into the fight; in an instant the man in the middle has become the man in a muddle and nothing at all has been achieved.
   • She is only drawn into his personal drama when he is forced to reveal secrets.
   • With even individual users being drawn into lawsuits, the legal waters have become very choppy indeed.
3. 6.3 Direct or attract (someone's attention) to something.
   吸引（注意力）
   it was an outrage and we had to draw people's attention to it

   那是一种暴行，我们一定要让人们注意到这一点。

   a bright red instantly draws the eye

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It drew the Government's attention to the economic benefits of giving the Western Bay the same priority as Auckland's urgent needs.
   • By the way, can I draw everyone's attention to my overuse of parentheses in the last paragraph?
   • Angelos caught her hand, which muted her thoughts and drew her attention instantly in alarm.
   • Of late, though, my attention has been drawn away by a new game, scheduled to be released early next year, called Freedom Force.
   • During argument, my attention has been drawn to certain decisions on the duty to give reasons in a planning context.
   • Not since the Getty Center has a new Los Angeles building attracted the attention drawn by the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
   • In other words, their attention has been drawn to a stimulus, without any knowledge or appreciation of the significance of the stimulus.
   • Attention was first drawn to the flat when workers in the bakery below reported a brownish-coloured fluid staining their walls on Tuesday.
   • Perhaps then, attention should be drawn to the aspects that the team does have.
   • But none of these accomplishments would draw the attention Birthday Letters did.
   • Since attention has been drawn to dog fouling there has been no dog mess in the verge.
   • But what's drawn everyone's attention of course is the high, the highest tax rate.
   • A great variety of attractive gifts drew everyone's attention for purchases at the cake stall, toys, raffles, bric-a-brac.
   • But it is the idea of introducing new innovative transport schemes, such as a mass transit system, that will draw the most attention.
   • When they finally came onstage, my attention immediately was drawn to their pants.
   • Though more public attention has been drawn to homeworkers, eight years later, their situations have barely improved.
   • It glittered with the intensity of the sun, then brighter, drawing everyone's attention to her instead.
   • Both girls were chanting, causing more attention to be drawn to them as they drove along in the cherry red sports car.
   • Now our attention has been drawn to a magazine item, ominously headed ‘Coppergate row continues’.
   • I draw the Court's attention to the fact that the intent of this application was for the imprisonment of me, as the respondent to the application.
4. 6.4 Reach (a conclusion) by deduction or inference from a set of circumstances.
   推断出，作出，形成（结论）
   the moral to be drawn is that spending wins votes

   从中得出的真谛是花钱能够拉到选票。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I can see that there could be circumstances where one would draw that conclusion.
   • Theres a moral or parable or some sort of conclusion to be drawn from that there…
   • But the only moral conclusion we can draw from this is that we shouldn't be cloning humans yet.
   • Let me detail this a little, and then draw some broader conclusions at the end.
   • I am wholly unable to draw any such inference or conclusion.
   • This involves a consideration of the reasonableness of the inferences to be drawn from the circumstantial evidence.
   • Firstly, there must have been some overt act by the land owner or some demonstrable circumstances from which the inference can be drawn that permission was in fact given.
   • So Rushton's use of this data to draw the conclusions he reaches about hereditability is sound in my opinion.
   • There is as much a need to remind the jury of the circumstances in which a proper inference may be drawn under section 34 as under section 35.
   • Putting it that way, of course, would have made it far more difficult to draw simplistic moral conclusions.
   • In the circumstances, a negative inference cannot be drawn against the Bank as a result of its failure to produce the transaction slips.
   • It depends upon inferences to be drawn from various circumstances.
   • That case which was Weisensteiner, the court said that in the circumstances of the case, an adverse inference should be drawn.
   • Now, it is our submission that the conclusion which the trial judge drew based upon those inferences was a proper one and well open to him in the circumstances.
   • What conclusions could we draw under these circumstances?

   Synonyms

   deduce, infer, conclude, derive, gather, glean

   formal educe
5. 6.5 Formulate or perceive (a comparison or distinction)
   作出（比较）；区分（不同）
   the law drew a clear distinction between innocent and fraudulent misrepresentation

   法律对无恶意的和欺诈性的错误陈述作了明确的区分。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The Committee supports the need for a distinction to be drawn between such party-political activities and other types of lobbying activity.
   • I can see the reasoning, but don't think it draws clear enough distinctions.
   • A crucial distinction has been drawn between reproductive and therapeutic cloning.
   • It is too late to point all this out now that the distinction has been drawn.
   • Third, if a distinction is to be drawn between the law as it applies to packaging and to advertisements, precisely where does one end and the other begin?
   • But there is a distinction to be drawn after you have proceedings on foot.
   • A broad distinction may be drawn between interpretive and non-interpretive approaches to ethnographic inquiry.
   • It's a fine distinction to be drawn, clearly - but we know that governments have more information than the general public.
   • Some Western leaders are drawing a sharper distinction in the debate of freedom of speech.
   • A distinction can be drawn between ‘superstitions’ and other kinds of folklore belief.
   • I do not think there is any distinction to be drawn between these different categories (nursing care and child-minding).
   • However, William James also drew a further distinction which is not strongly represented in modern studies of attention.
   • The Court's opinion draws no such distinction.
   • The Court drew a somewhat uneasy distinction between documentary evidence and oral explanations.
   • A distinction might be drawn between a culture and a belief system (religious or otherwise).
   • In my view, the law draws a clear distinction between fiduciary duties and other duties that may be owed by a person in a fiduciary position.
   • For the writer, there's a fine distinction to be drawn between caption text and speech bubble.
   • Current research also confirms that important distinctions are to be drawn among different suicide criteria.
   • No distinction will be drawn between the commercial and leisure sectors and the limits will apply to anyone who is flying or working with aircraft in their free time.
   • To make it clear, South Australia draws no such distinction.

7Select (a ticket or name) randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

8British Finish (a contest or game) with an even score.

9(in bowls) cause (a bowl) to travel in a curve determined by its bias to the desired point.

1. 9.1Golf Hit (the ball) so that it deviates slightly, usually as a result of spin.
   he had to learn to draw the ball—not least for the tee shots at Augusta

   Compare with fade

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Even a slightly damp clubface hinders your ability to impart spin on the ball, reducing your ability to draw and fade the shot on command.
   • If the lie angle is slightly upright, it might draw the ball a little, but the effect on ball flight is minimal.
   • If you're doing the drill correctly, the ball should even draw slightly.
   • We went down to see him a couple of days later, and he basically taught me about drawing and cutting the ball.

10(of a ship) require (a specified depth of water) to float in.

吃水仅几英寸的小船。

11no object (of a sail) be filled with wind.

1An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

今年联赛的抽签仪式已经举行。

2British A game or contest that ends with the score even.

他梅开二度以4比4逼平对手。

1. 2.1Cricket A game which is left incomplete for lack of time, regardless of the scores.
   〔板球〕在规定时间内未完成的比赛（比分不计）。比较TIE
   Compare with tie

   Example sentencesExamples

   • By this time, the game was certain to be a draw, with only four sessions of play left.
   • Was the Indian camp happy with batting out for a draw?
   • Pakistan needed to take ten wickets while India needed to make 358 runs on the final day to win or play out six hours to ensure that the game ended in a draw.
   • The important thing would be to reward those who play positive cricket, so that even in games which were likely to produce a draw, both sides would be forced to attack with bat and ball.
   • Four out of the six games have been draws and the pitch has become great to bat on even on the fifth day, as we saw a couple of years ago when New Zealand were here.

3A person or thing that is very attractive or interesting.

4An act of drawing on a cigarette or cigar.

她深深地吸了一口烟。

1. 4.1British informal mass noun Cannabis.
   〈非正式〉大麻制品
   they're dropping Es and smoking draw

   他们正在弃用摇头丸而改抽大麻制品。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He has no immediate ambitions beyond smoking his beloved draw.
   • I will walk until someone stops me, to ask me the time, ask me for a light, ask me if I've got any draw.

5An act of pulling a gun from its holster in order to shoot.

6Golf
A shot causing the ball to deviate slightly.