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1. Oxford Dictionary

   dry

   • IPA[drʌɪ]

   英式

   • adj.
     free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist；(of paint, ink, etc.) having lost all wetness or moisture over a period of time
   • v.
     become dry；cause to become dry
   • n.
     the process or an instance of drying.；a dry or covered place.

   • verb: dry, 3rd person present: dries, gerund or present participle: drying, past tense: dried, past participle: dried

   • noun: dry, plural noun: dries

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞
   • 片語

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist the jacket kept me warm and dry he wiped the table dry with his shirt 同義詞 parched, dried, withered, shrivelled, wilted, ... 更多wizened, crisp, crispy, brittle, dehydrated, desiccated, sun-baked, sapless, juiceless反義詞 fresh
   • ▪ (of paint, ink, etc.) having lost all wetness or moisture over a period of time wait until the paint is dry
   • ▪ for use without liquid the conversion of dry latrines into the flushing type
   • ▪ with little or no rainfall or humidity the West Coast has had two dry winters in a row 同義詞 arid, parched, scorched, baked, burned, ... 更多dried up/out, torrid, hot, sizzling, burning, waterless, moistureless, rainless, dehydrated, desiccated, thirsty, as dry as a bone, bone dry, as dry as dust, raredroughty, torrefied反義詞 wet
   • ▪ (of a river, lake, or stream) empty of water as a result of lack of rainfall the river is always dry at this time of year 同義詞 waterless, dried out, empty
   • ▪ (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 同義詞 thirsty, dehydrated, longing for a drink, informalparched, gasping, ... 更多thirst-making, thirst-provoking, thirsty, hot, strenuous, arduous, heavy, tiring, exhausting
   • ▪ (of a cow or other domestic animal) no longer 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
   • ▪ (of bread or toast) without butter or other spreads only dry bread and water 同義詞 unbuttered, plain, butterless
   • ▪ 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 bare, simple, basic, fundamental, stark, ... 更多naked, bald, cold, hard, straightforward, unadorned, unembellished, dull, uninteresting, boring, unexciting, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, dreary, monotonous, dry as dust, arid, unimaginative, sterile, flat, bland, insipid, lacklustre, stodgy, colourless, lifeless, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, mundane, commonplace, workaday, quotidian, routine, vapid, stiff, leaden, wooden, informaldeadly, samey, dreich反義詞 embellished, interesting, lively
   • ▪ 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 unemotional, indifferent, undemonstrative, impassive, cool, ... 更多cold, clinical, passionless, emotionless, aloof, reserved, remote, distant, restrained, impersonal, formal, stiff, rigid, wooden, starchy反義詞 emotional, expressive
   • 3. (of a joke or sense of humour) subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humour 同義詞 wry, subtle, low-key, laconic, sly, ... 更多sharp, deadpan, straight-faced, poker-faced, ironic, sardonic, sarcastic, cynical, mordant, biting, satirical, mocking, scoffing, droll, waggish, informalsarky
   • 4. prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink the country is strictly dry, in accordance with Islamic law 同義詞 Prohibitionist, teetotal, alcohol-free, non-drinking, abstinent, ... 更多clean, sober, informalon the wagon, straight
   • ▪ (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 crisp, sharp, piquant, not sweet, tart, ... 更多bitter反義詞 sweet
   • 6. British relating to political ‘dries’; rigidly monetarist. 同義詞 monetarist, arch-conservative, right-wing, reactionary, supply-side, ... 更多informaltrue-blue反義詞 wet, left-wing

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. become dry allow 24 hours for the paint to dry
   • ▪ cause to become dry they had washed and dried their hair 同義詞 make dry, dry out/up, parch, scorch, sear, ... 更多bake, dehydrate, desiccate, dehumidify, dry off, towel, towel-dry, rub, mop up, blot up, soak up, absorb, sop up, clean up, drain反義詞 moisten
   • ▪ wipe tears from (the eyes) she dried her eyes and blew her nose 同義詞 wipe, wipe tears from, rub, dab
   • ▪ 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 dry up, dehydrate, desiccate, wither, shrivel, ... 更多wilt, wizen, mummify, desiccate, dehydrate, remove the moisture from, preserve, cure, smoke反義詞 moisten
   • 2. theatrical slang forget one's lines a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the process or an instance of drying.
   • 2. a dry or covered place.
   • ▪ Australian the dry season the grass was yellowing and the dry had started
   • ▪ Australian a tract of waterless country the forty-mile dry
   • 3. British a Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) in favour of strict monetarist policies.
   • 4. US a person in favour of the prohibition of alcohol evangelical dries had seen to it that the nearest bottle of whiskey was miles away

   dried

   • adj.
     preserved by removal or evaporation of moisture: dried fruit dried lavender flowers

   Oxford American Dictionary

   driest

   • adj.
     superlative of dry

   Oxford Dictionary

   dried

   • adj.
     preserved by removal or evaporation of moisture: dried fruit dried lavender flowers

   Oxford Dictionary

   dry up

   • ph.
     become completely or excessively dry

   Oxford Dictionary

   dry up

   • ph.
     become completely or excessively dry

   Oxford American Dictionary

   drip-dry

   • adj.
     (of a fabric or garment) capable of drying without creasing when hung up after washing: drip-dry shirts
   • v.
     (of fabric or a garment) become dry without forming creases when hung up after washing: the pleats will drip-dry and stay in

   Oxford American Dictionary

   drip-dry

   • adj.
     (of a fabric or garment) capable of drying without creasing when hung up after washing: drip-dry shirts
   • v.
     (of fabric or a garment) become dry without forming creases when hung up after washing: the pleats will drip-dry and stay in

   Oxford Dictionary

   dry point

   • n.
     a steel needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid.

   Oxford Dictionary

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   片語

   • come up dry
   • as dry as a bone
   • as dry as dust
   • there wasn't a dry eye in the house
   • dry off
   • dry out
   • dry up
3. • 更多解釋

   dry

   • IPA[drī]

   美式

   • adj.
     free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist: the jacket kept me warm and dry he wiped it dry with his shirt
   • v.
     become dry: allow 24 hours for the paint to dry come in out of the rain and dry off
   • n.
     a person in favor of the prohibition of alcohol.

   Oxford American Dictionary