dry
- IPA[drī]
美式
- free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist;having lost all wetness or moisture over a period of time
- become dry;cause to become dry
- a person in favor of the prohibition of alcohol.
verb: dry, 3rd person present: dries, gerund or present participle: drying, past tense: dried, past participle: dried
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- 片語
形容詞
- 1. free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist the jacket kept me warm and dry he wiped it dry with his shirt 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ having lost all wetness or moisture over a period of time dry paint
- ▪ for use without liquid the conversion of dry latrines into flush toilets
- ▪ with little or no rainfall or humidity the West Coast has had two dry winters in a row 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a river, lake, or stream) empty of water as a result of evaporation and lack of rainfall the river is always dry at this time of year 同義詞
- ▪ (of a source) not yielding a supply of water or oil a dry well
- ▪ thirsty or thirst-making working in the hot sun is making me dry dry work 同義詞
- ▪ (of a cow or other domestic animal) having stopped producing milk the rye has been strip-grazed by dry cows the cows went dry in the wintertime
- ▪ without grease or other moisturizer or lubricator cream conditioners for dry hair his throat was dry and sore
- ▪ (of bread or toast) without butter or other spreads only dry bread and water 同義詞
- ▪ SE Asian (of noodles) not served in a soup, but in a sauce or with dry ingredients customers can choose to have their noodles in the soup or opt for a dry version
- 2. (of information, writing, etc.) dealing primarily with facts and presented in a dull, uninteresting way he not only avoids dry accounts of regimes and rulers, but enables the reader to feel how the substance of daily life has changed the commentary is very dry, with little of interest to even the most avid fan 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ unemotional, undemonstrative, or impassive it transformed him from a dry administrator into the people's hero Ralph gave me a dry, silent wave 同義詞 反義詞
- 3. (of a joke or sense of humor) subtle, expressed in a matter-of-fact way, and having the appearance of being unconscious or unintentional he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humor 同義詞
- 4. prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink Indiana stayed dry after the end of prohibition 同義詞
- ▪ (of a person) no longer addicted to or drinking alcohol I heard much talk about how sobriety was more than staying straight or dry
- 5. (of an alcoholic drink) not sweet a dry, medium-bodied red wine 同義詞 反義詞
動詞
- 1. become dry allow 24 hours for the paint to dry come in out of the rain and dry off
- ▪ cause to become dry they had washed and dried their hair 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ wipe tears from (the eyes) she dried her eyes and blew her nose 同義詞
- ▪ preserve by allowing or encouraging evaporation of moisture from I use several methods to dry the flowers and foliage I use in my arrangements the natural sugars in the fruit will be concentrated when it is dried 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. theatrical slang forget one's lines a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene
名詞
- 1. a person in favor of the prohibition of alcohol.