dried-up

英 [draɪd ʌp]

美 [draɪd ʌp]

adj.  (人)干瘪衰老的，老态龙钟的

柯林斯词典

• See also:...her fears of becoming a dried-up old prune.dry up

英英释义

adj

• depleted of water
  1. a dried-up water hole
• (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
  1. dried-up grass
  2. the desert was edged with sere vegetation
  3. shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
  4. withered vines
  Synonym:seresearshriveledshrivelledwithered

双语例句

• Heading south and east through the Taihang Mountains, the first day we journeyed along a dried-up river bed between the enclosing hills of a narrow valley.
  我们先朝南，随后再朝东穿越太行山。第一天沿着一条干涸的河床行进。
• With resources of petroleum and natural gas in the world gradually exhausted, mankind will face a situation of dried-up oil-gas resources in the later 21st century, so it has become the aim of scientific community to seek clean and efficient new energy.
  随着世界上石油、天然气资源的日渐耗尽，人类在21世纪后期面临着油气资源枯渴的局面，因此寻求洁净高效的新能源成为科学界追求的目标。
• During serious drought of two years ( 2000-2001), larch trees were dried-up on large area and made great advantage to Ips subeongatus.
  由于抚顺地区2000～2001两年的严重干旱，造成大面积的落叶松林木被旱死，给落叶松八齿小蠹的猖獗发生创造了有利条件。
• The latest satellite data shows a dried-up Huai River.
  最新的卫星数据显示，淮河已经干涸。
• I can't think of anything more silly than someone talking to a bunch of dried-up, stupid, worthless leaves!
  我想不出哪个人比对一堆枯萎的，愚蠢的，没用的落叶说话更傻的人了！
• Ian Pearson, an environment minister, said Britons must prepare to bid farewell to their lawns, as global warming is turning verdant swards into dried-up dust-bowls.
  环境大臣伊恩皮尔森（ianpearson）表示，英国人必须准备同他们的草坪说再见了，因为全球变暖正将翠绿的草地变成干燥的尘球。
• She took out the plate, stared blankly at the dried-up food on it, and tipped it into the bin
  她拿出盘子，茫然地望着上面已经干掉的食物，然后把它倒进了垃圾桶。
• We couldn't get there with vehicles, because there were dried-up watercourses, wadis, very deep, preventing vehicle access.
  我们没法开车去，因为有很多干涸的河道，旱谷非常深，车没法通过。
• Although the phenomenon of dried-up relieved, the water resource characteristics of Yellow River Basin does not change.
  断流现象虽然有所缓解，黄河流域属资源性缺水地区的特征仍不改变。
• That dried-up, skinny old codger could give an informal lecture that took you from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau all the way down to Hainan Island, or from the Taihang Range to Huangguoshu Falls.
  那干瘦老头居然能从青藏高原扯到海南岛，从太行山扯到黄果树瀑布。