dry up 详细解释

dry up

(使)干涸, (使)枯竭, 讲不出话来

词义辨析

同义参见:

wilt  wither  

英英释义

动词 dry up:

lose water or moisture

同义词:exsiccate, dehydrate, desiccate

dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

同义词:mummify

补充

dry updry up1.(使…)干涸The ground dried up quickly after the rain.雨后地很快就干了。The long drought dried up all the wells.长期的干旱使所有的井都干涸了。The hot sun is drying the ground up, and the crops can't grow.烈日烤焦了大地, 庄稼无法生长。2.枯竭; 用光, 耗尽We have no milk to sell; the cows have dried up.奶牛没奶了; 我们没有牛奶可卖。Our sources of information have dried up.我们的信息来源枯竭了。3.〈英〉擦干碗碟Help me dry up after lunch.午饭后, 请帮助我擦干碗碟。Dry up the dishes!把碟子擦干!4.〈非正〉住口I wish the conversation will dry up.我希望谈话不要再继续下去。A funny answer might dry her up for a short time.一个滑稽可笑的回答会使她短时间内说不下去。

例句

1. Reservoirs are drying up and farmers are worried.水库正在干涸, 农民们为此忧心忡忡。 2. As the day goes on, the pollen dries up and becomes hard.时间一天天过去, 花粉慢慢变干变硬。 3. The fountain is reputed never to dry up.这处泉水因永不干涸而闻名。 4. Credit from foreign banks is drying up.外国银行正在逐渐停止信贷。 5. Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.投资可能萎缩, 并可能因此导致经济疲软。 6. Halfway through the speech she dried up completely.演讲进行到一半, 她突然忘词了, 什么也说不出来。 7. He got up and stood beside Julie, drying up the dishes while she washed.他起身站到正在洗碗的朱莉身旁, 把洗好的餐具擦干。 8. The lakes and wells all dried up during the drought.在旱灾期间,所有的湖泊和水井都干涸了。 9. The river bed dried up in the hot summer.盛夏时节,河床干涸了。 10. Their sources of information have dried up.他们的信息来源枯竭了。 11. Her imagination seemed to have dried up.她的想像力似乎已枯竭了。 12. Mary always dries up for me after my washing the dishes.在我刷碗碟后玛丽总是为我揩干碗碟。 13. We saved up a large sum of money, and it seemed never to dry up.我们储蓄了一大笔钱,这笔钱似乎取之不尽。 14. The actor was nervous and dried up in the middle of his speech.那个演员很紧张,演到一半时突然忘了台词。 15. Oh, dry up and leave me alone!哦,住嘴,别打扰我! 16. He dried up in the middle of his speech.他在讲话中停了下来。 17. I wouldn't dry up; I have something to say.我不会保持沉默,我有话要说。 18. dry up and blow away.走开,别打扰我。 19. Because of the recession a lot of building work has dried up.由于经济衰退,很多工程都停摆。 20. When he came on stage and saw the audience, he dried up completely.他走上舞台见到观众时,把台词忘得一乾二净。 21. The river/well is drying up.河水/井水正在干涸。 22. The stream dries up every summer.这条小河每年夏天都变干涸。 23. The sun had dried up the roads an hour after it stopped raining.雨停后一小时,太阳就把路面晒干了。 24. Interest in the project dried up when he withdrew his support.他撤回了他的支持后,人们对该项目的兴趣就彻底没有了。 25. "After several months, new leads in the murder investigation dried up."几个月后,这个谋杀案调查的新线索全断了。 26. Closing the factory dried up local job opportunities.关闭这家工厂造成当地就业机会流失。 27. "Oh, dry up! [=shut up] I'm sick of hearing what you have to say."啊,闭嘴!我不想听你那些非说不可的话。 28. He told her to dry up.他叫她闭嘴。