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ADJ-GRADED
干的;干燥的
If something is dry, there is no water or moisture on it or in it.
例句
Clean the metal with a soft dry cloth...
用柔軟的干布擦拭金屬。
Pat it dry with a soft towel...
用柔軟的毛巾將它拍干。
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V-ERG
(使)變干;弄干;擦干
When something dries or when you dry it, it becomes dry.
例句
The washing might dry outside today, the sun's shining...
洗過的衣物可能今天晾在外面就能干,陽光正足。
Leave your hair to dry naturally whenever possible...
盡可能讓頭發自然晾干。
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VERB
(洗后）擦干(盤、杯、刀、鍋等)
When you dry the dishes after a meal, you wipe the water off the plates, cups, knives, pans, and other things when they have been washed, using a cloth.
例句
Mrs. Madrigal began drying dishes.
馬德里加爾夫人開始擦干碟子。
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ADJ-GRADED
(皮膚或頭發)發干的,無水分的
If you say that your skin or hair is dry, you mean that it is less oily than, or not as soft as, normal.
例句
Nothing looks worse than dry, cracked lips...
沒有什么比干燥開裂的嘴唇更難看的了。
Dry hair can be damaged by washing it too frequently...
干性頭發洗得太頻繁容易受損。
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ADJ-GRADED
干旱的;雨量少的;無雨的
If the weather or a period of time is dry, there is no rain or there is much less rain than average.
例句
Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production...
去年罕見的干旱天氣已導致農業減產。
The spring had been unusually dry and we received only two tenths of an inch of rain during the entire month of June.
春天異常干旱，我們在整個 6 月只有 0.2 英寸的降雨量。
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ADJ-GRADED
(地方或氣候)少雨的,干燥的
A dry place or climate is one that gets very little rainfall.
例句
It was one of the driest and dustiest places in Africa.
那是非洲最干旱、塵土最多的地方之一。
...a hot, dry climate where the sun is shining all the time.
終年陽光明媚的炎熱干旱氣候
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N-SING
干燥;少雨
In the dry means in a place or at a time that is not damp, wet, or rainy.
例句
Such cars, however, do grip the road well, even in the dry.
不過，這種車即使在干燥路面上也表現出了良好的抓地性能。
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ADJ-GRADED
(通常指河流、湖泊或水井由于天熱少雨而)干涸的
If a river, lake, or well is dry, it is empty of water, usually because of hot weather and lack of rain.
例句
The aquifer which had once fed the wells was pronounced dry...
曾為水井供水的蓄水層正式宣告干涸了。
The single-engine plane landed at a dry lake in western Arizona...
單引擎飛機在亞利桑那州西部的一個干涸的湖底著陸了。
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ADJ
(油井)枯竭的,不再產油的
If an oil well is dry, it is no longer producing any oil.
例句
To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, it must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.
隨著大型油井的枯竭，要想從北海的石油和天然氣開采中盈利,必須著力于開采小儲量的油井。
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ADJ-GRADED
口渴的;干渴的
If you are dry, you need to drink something.
例句
She was suddenly thirsty and dry.
她突然口渴了。
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ADJ-GRADED
(因緊張、生病等)口干的,喉嚨干的
If your mouth or throat is dry, it has little or no saliva in it, and so feels very unpleasant, perhaps because you are tense or ill.
例句
His mouth was dry, he needed a drink...
他口很干,需要喝上一杯。
My throat was dry. I was at a loss for words.
我喉嚨很干,不知說什么才好。
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ADJ
(咳嗽)無痰的,干咳的
A dry cough is one that does not produce any mucus.
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ADJ
(眼睛)無淚的
If someone has dry eyes, there are no tears in their eyes; often used with negatives or in contexts where you are expressing surprise that they are not crying.
例句
There were few dry eyes in the house when I finished...
我說完后房間里沒幾個人不掉淚的。
She didn't wince and her eyes were dry. Talk about brave. She was unbelievable.
她連眉頭也未皺一下,也沒哭。說到勇敢,她令人難以置信。
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ADJ
禁酒的
If a country, state, or city is dry, it has laws or rules which forbid anyone to drink, sell, or buy alcoholic drink.
例句
Gujurat has been a totally dry state for the past thirty years.
在過去的 30 年里古吉拉特一直是完全禁酒的一個州。
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ADJ
（被）吸干的;（被）榨干的
If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
例句
...a shady rip-off industry that sucks its talent dry then discards it...
見不得人的山寨行業吸干了它的才華后又將它拋棄
He's just milking the company dry.
他是要把公司榨干。
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ADJ-GRADED
(幽默)不露聲色的,含蓄不露的,機敏的
Dry humour is very amusing, but in a subtle and clever way.
例句
Fulton has retained his dry humour...
富爾頓保持著他含而不露的幽默。
Mr Brooke is renowned for his dry wit.
布魯克先生因他不露聲色的機智而聞名。
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ADJ-GRADED
冷淡的;淡然的;不動感情的;冷冰冰的
If you describe a voice as dry, you mean that it is cold or dull, and does not express any emotions.
例句
When he crept back to his desk, he heard the dry voice of Father Laurence.
當他輕手輕腳地回到讀經臺時,他聽到了勞倫斯神父冷冰冰的聲音。
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ADJ-GRADED
枯燥乏味的;干巴巴的;無趣的
If you describe something such as a book, play, or activity as dry, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
例句
...dry, academic phrases.
枯燥無味的學術詞匯
A lot of the work was very dry and boring in Westminster.
威斯敏斯特的許多工作非常枯燥無味令人厭煩。
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ADJ
(面包或吐司)不涂黃油和果醬的
Dry bread or toast is plain and not covered with butter or jam.
例句
For breakfast, they had dry bread and tea.
他們早餐吃了無黃油的面包，還喝了茶。
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ADJ
(酒)無甜味的,干的
Dry sherry or wine does not have a sweet taste.
例句
...a glass of chilled, dry white wine.
一杯冰鎮干白葡萄酒
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PHRASAL VERB
(河流、湖泊或水井)干涸
If a river, lake, or well dries up, it becomes empty of water, usually because of hot weather and a lack of rain.
例句
Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land...
水庫逐漸干涸,農民開始背井離鄉。
The fountain is reputed never to dry up.
這口泉號稱從不干涸。
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PHRASAL VERB
（供應）枯竭，停止，中斷
If a supply of something dries up, it stops.
例句
Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter...
投資可能會中斷,而這會引起經濟衰退。
Credit from foreign banks is drying up...
外資銀行的放貸金額持續萎縮，面臨枯竭。
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PHRASAL VERB
無話可說;突然住口
If you dry up when you are speaking, you stop in the middle of what you were saying, because you cannot think what to say next.
例句
If you ask her what she's good at she will dry up after two minutes.
如果你問她擅長什么，兩分鐘后她就沒話說了。
Noun
1. a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
Verb
1. remove the moisture from and make dry;
"dry clothes""dry hair"2. become dry or drier;
"The laundry dries in the sun"Adjective
1. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet;
"dry land""dry clothes""a dry climate""dry splintery boards""a dry river bed""the paint is dry"2. humorously sarcastic or mocking;
"dry humor""an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely""an ironic novel""an ironical smile""with a wry Scottish wit"3. opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages;
"the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers""a dry state"4. not producing milk;
"a dry cow"5. (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation;
"a dry white burgundy"6. without a mucous or watery discharge;
"a dry cough""that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"7. not shedding tears;
"dry sobs""with dry eyes"8. lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless;
"a dry book""a dry lecture filled with trivial details""dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown9. used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones;
"dry weight"10. unproductive especially of the expected results;
"a dry run""a mind dry of new ideas"11. having no adornment or coloration;
"dry facts""rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"12. (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
"dry toast""dry meat"13. suffering from fluid deprivation;
"his mouth was dry"14. having a large proportion of strong liquor;
"a very dry martini is almost straight gin"15. lacking warmth or emotional involvement;
"a dry greeting""a dry reading of the lines""a dry critique"16. practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
"he's been dry for ten years""no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"