dry up

英 [draɪ ʌp]

美 [draɪ ʌp]

（洗后）擦干（盘、杯、刀、锅等）; （使）枯萎; （使）干透; （河流、湖泊或水井）干涸; （供应）枯竭，停止，中断; 无话可说; 突然住口

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)枯萎;(使)干透
  If somethingdries upor if somethingdriesitup, it loses all its moisture and becomes completely dry and shrivelled or hard.
  1. As the day goes on, the pollen dries up and becomes hard...
     日子一天天过去,花粉干结成了硬块。
  2. Warm breezes from the South dried up the streets.
     来自南方的温暖和风吹干了街道。

英英释义

verb

• lose water or moisture
  1. In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
  Synonym:exsiccatedehydratedesiccate
• dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
  1. a mummified body was found
  Synonym:mummify

双语例句

• Water is your body's life force, without it, you would literally dry up!
  水是你身上的生命力，没有它，你会字面上干涸！
• You might as well dry up on this island and drop dead!
  你可能想干死在这个岛上！
• The clothes will soon dry up quickly after the rain.
  这些衣服经风一吹很快就会干的。
• If it is a river, it will dry up when you put your feet in its waters.
  如果是一道江河，当我们脚一入水的时候，江河便会变成干地。
• And the seas will dry up before there'll be peace between us.
  我和他之间才会有和平。
• The sun will soon dry up the roads.
  太阳很快就会把道路晒干的。
• Unfortunately, there's no quick and easy way to dry up a toddler's runny nose.
  可惜现在还没有一种简单快速的方法解决小孩流鼻涕。
• They are racing against the drought to transplant as many seedlings as possible before the remaining fields dry up.
  他们跟旱灾赛跑，在剩下的田地干涸前尽可能多地移植秧苗。
• But adversely we also don't want the experience to dry up after playing for a day.
  但另一方面我们也不想在一天游戏后就失去了体验的乐趣。
• There is no source of water, if it was not will soon dry up.
  没有源头的水，若不是死水一潭，便会很快干涸。