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1. ADJ-GRADED 干的;干燥的 If something is dry, there is no water or moisture on it or in it. 

  • Clean the metal with a soft dry cloth...

    用柔软的干布擦拭金属。

  • Pat it dry with a soft towel...

    用柔软的毛巾将它拍干。

  • Once the paint is dry, apply a coat of the red ochre emulsion paint...

    油漆干了后,涂一层发红的土黄色乳胶漆。

dryness

  • ...the parched dryness of the air.

    干热的空气

2. V-ERG (使)变干;弄干;擦干 When something dries or when you dry it, it becomes dry. 

  • The washing might dry outside today, the sun's shining...

    洗过的衣物可能今天晾在外面就能干,阳光正足。

  • Leave your hair to dry naturally whenever possible...

    尽可能让头发自然晾干。

  • Wash and dry the lettuce...

    将莴苣洗洗再晾干。

3. VERB (洗后）擦干(盘、杯、刀、锅等) When you dry the dishes after a meal, you wipe the water off the plates, cups, knives, pans, and other things when they have been washed, using a cloth. 

  • Mrs. Madrigal began drying dishes.

    马德里加尔夫人开始擦干碟子。

  • Dry up means the same as dry.dry up 同 dry

    • He got up and stood beside Julie, drying up the dishes while she washed.

      他站起身站在朱莉身旁,她洗碗碟，他擦干。

4. ADJ-GRADED (皮肤或头发)发干的,无水分的 If you say that your skin or hair is dry, you mean that it is less oily than, or not as soft as, normal. 

  • Nothing looks worse than dry, cracked lips...

    没有什么比干燥开裂的嘴唇更难看的了。

  • Dry hair can be damaged by washing it too frequently...

    干性头发洗得太频繁容易受损。

  • My skin's been getting a little dry recently.

    我皮肤最近有点干。

dryness

  • Dryness of the skin can also be caused by living in centrally heated homes and offices.

    长期呆在有中央供暖系统的住宅和办公室里也会引起皮肤干燥。

5. ADJ-GRADED 干旱的;雨量少的;无雨的 If the weather or a period of time is dry, there is no rain or there is much less rain than average. 

  • Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production...

    去年罕见的干旱天气已导致农业减产。

  • The spring had been unusually dry and we received only two tenths of an inch of rain during the entire month of June.

    春天异常干旱，我们在整个 6 月只有 0.2 英寸的降雨量。

6. ADJ-GRADED (地方或气候)少雨的,干燥的 A dry place or climate is one that gets very little rainfall. 

  • It was one of the driest and dustiest places in Africa.

    那是非洲最干旱、尘土最多的地方之一。

  • ...a hot, dry climate where the sun is shining all the time.

    终年阳光明媚的炎热干旱气候

dryness

  • He was advised to spend time in the warmth and dryness of Italy.

    有人建议他去暖和而少雨的意大利呆一段时间。

7. N-SING 干燥;少雨 In the dry means in a place or at a time that is not damp, wet, or rainy. 

  • Such cars, however, do grip the road well, even in the dry.

    不过，这种车即使在干燥路面上也表现出了良好的抓地性能。

8. ADJ-GRADED (通常指河流、湖泊或水井由于天热少雨而)干涸的 If a river, lake, or well is dry, it is empty of water, usually because of hot weather and lack of rain. 

  • The aquifer which had once fed the wells was pronounced dry...

    曾为水井供水的蓄水层正式宣告干涸了。

  • The single-engine plane landed at a dry lake in western Arizona...

    单引擎飞机在亚利桑那州西部的一个干涸的湖底着陆了。

  • In the end the Volga's waters will run dry.

    伏尔加河水终将干涸。

9. ADJ (油井)枯竭的,不再产油的 If an oil well is dry, it is no longer producing any oil. 

  • To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, it must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.

    随着大型油井的枯竭，要想从北海的石油和天然气开采中盈利,必须着力于开采小储量的油井。

10. ADJ-GRADED 口渴的;干渴的 If you are dry, you need to drink something. 

  • She was suddenly thirsty and dry.

    她突然口渴了。

11. ADJ-GRADED (因紧张、生病等)口干的,喉咙干的 If your mouth or throat is dry, it has little or no saliva in it, and so feels very unpleasant, perhaps because you are tense or ill. 

  • His mouth was dry, he needed a drink...

    他口很干,需要喝上一杯。

  • My throat was dry. I was at a loss for words.

    我喉咙很干,不知说什么才好。

dryness

  • Symptoms included frequent dryness in the mouth.

    症状包括经常口干舌燥。

12. ADJ (咳嗽)无痰的,干咳的 A dry cough is one that does not produce any mucus. 
13. ADJ (眼睛)无泪的 If someone has dry eyes, there are no tears in their eyes; often used with negatives or in contexts where you are expressing surprise that they are not crying. 

  • There were few dry eyes in the house when I finished...

    我说完后房间里没几个人不掉泪的。

  • She didn't wince and her eyes were dry. Talk about brave. She was unbelievable.

    她连眉头也未皱一下,也没哭。说到勇敢,她令人难以置信。

14. ADJ 禁酒的 If a country, state, or city is dry, it has laws or rules which forbid anyone to drink, sell, or buy alcoholic drink. 

  • Gujurat has been a totally dry state for the past thirty years.

    在过去的 30 年里古吉拉特一直是完全禁酒的一个州。

15. ADJ （被）吸干的;（被）榨干的 If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left. 

  • ...a shady rip-off industry that sucks its talent dry then discards it...

    见不得人的山寨行业吸干了它的才华后又将它抛弃

  • He's just milking the company dry.

    他是要把公司榨干。

16. ADJ-GRADED (幽默)不露声色的,含蓄不露的,机敏的 Dry humour is very amusing, but in a subtle and clever way. 

  • Fulton has retained his dry humour...

    富尔顿保持着他含而不露的幽默。

  • Mr Brooke is renowned for his dry wit.

    布鲁克先生因他不露声色的机智而闻名。

drily

  • 'That is surprising.' — 'Hardly,' I said drily.

    “那真令人吃惊。”——“这有什么,”我不露声色地说。

  • ...a frank and drily witty woman.

    坦诚又机智的女人

dryness

  • Her writing has a wry dryness.

    她的作品有一种冷嘲式的幽默。

17. ADJ-GRADED 冷淡的;淡然的;不动感情的;冷冰冰的 If you describe a voice as dry, you mean that it is cold or dull, and does not express any emotions. 

  • When he crept back to his desk, he heard the dry voice of Father Laurence.

    当他轻手轻脚地回到读经台时,他听到了劳伦斯神父冷冰冰的声音。

drily

  • 'Possible,' I said drily, 'but not likely'.

    “也许,”我冷冷地说,“但可能性不大。”

18. ADJ-GRADED 枯燥乏味的;干巴巴的;无趣的 If you describe something such as a book, play, or activity as dry, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting. 

  • ...dry, academic phrases.

    枯燥无味的学术词汇

  • A lot of the work was very dry and boring in Westminster.

    威斯敏斯特的许多工作非常枯燥无味令人厌烦。

19. ADJ (面包或吐司)不涂黄油和果酱的 Dry bread or toast is plain and not covered with butter or jam. 

  • For breakfast, they had dry bread and tea.

    他们早餐吃了无黄油的面包，还喝了茶。

20. ADJ (酒)无甜味的,干的 Dry sherry or wine does not have a sweet taste. 

  • ...a glass of chilled, dry white wine.

    一杯冰镇干白葡萄酒

21.   high and dry→see: high;  home and dry→see: home; 
dried-up

  • ...a tuft or two of dried-up grass.

    一两簇枯草

22. PHRASAL VERB (河流、湖泊或水井)干涸 If a river, lake, or well dries up, it becomes empty of water, usually because of hot weather and a lack of rain. 

  • Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land...

    水库逐渐干涸,农民开始背井离乡。

  • The fountain is reputed never to dry up.

    这口泉号称从不干涸。

dried-up

  • ...a dried-up river bed.

    干涸的河床

23. PHRASAL VERB （供应）枯竭，停止，中断 If a supply of something dries up, it stops. 

  • Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter...

    投资可能会中断,而这会引起经济衰退。

  • Credit from foreign banks is drying up...

    外资银行的放贷金额持续萎缩，面临枯竭。

  • The company laid off 65,000 workers after commercial-jet orders dried up.

    商务飞机订单减少后公司精减了 65,000 名工人。

24. PHRASAL VERB 无话可说;突然住口 If you dry up when you are speaking, you stop in the middle of what you were saying, because you cannot think what to say next. 

  • If you ask her what she's good at she will dry up after two minutes.

    如果你问她擅长什么，两分钟后她就没话说了。

25.   →see: dry 3; 
26. See also: dried-up; drying up;  
相关词组：
dry off  dry out  dry up 
Noun

1. a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages

Verb

1. remove the moisture from and make dry;

  • "dry clothes"
  • "dry hair"

2. become dry or drier;

  • "The laundry dries in the sun"
Adjective

1. free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet;

  • "dry land"
  • "dry clothes"
  • "a dry climate"
  • "dry splintery boards"
  • "a dry river bed"
  • "the paint is dry"
  • antonym： wet

2. humorously sarcastic or mocking;

  • "dry humor"
  • "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"
  • "an ironic novel"
  • "an ironical smile"
  • "with a wry Scottish wit"

3. opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages;

  • "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"
  • "a dry state"
  • antonym： wet

4. not producing milk;

  • "a dry cow"

5. (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation;

  • "a dry white burgundy"

6. without a mucous or watery discharge;

  • "a dry cough"
  • "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"

7. not shedding tears;

  • "dry sobs"
  • "with dry eyes"

8. lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless;

  • "a dry book"
  • "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"
  • "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown

9. used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones;

  • "dry weight"

10. unproductive especially of the expected results;

  • "a dry run"
  • "a mind dry of new ideas"

11. having no adornment or coloration;

  • "dry facts"
  • "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"

12. (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;

  • "dry toast"
  • "dry meat"

13. suffering from fluid deprivation;

  • "his mouth was dry"

14. having a large proportion of strong liquor;

  • "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"

15. lacking warmth or emotional involvement;

  • "a dry greeting"
  • "a dry reading of the lines"
  • "a dry critique"

16. practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;

  • "he's been dry for ten years"
  • "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"

土木工程

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  • 1.旱季流量
  • 2.dry-weather flow

大气科学

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  • 1.干球温度
  • 2.dry-bulb temperature 暴露于空气中而又不受太阳直接照射的干球温度表上所读取的数值。
  • 3.dry-bulb thermometer 干湿表的两支温度表中, 球部裸露用以测量气温的那一支。

电力

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  • 1.干式除尘器
  • 2.dry-type dust precipitator
  • 3.干式变压器
  • 4.dry-type transformer
1. A cigarette thrown into the woods in dry weather may catch [start] a fire.
在干燥的天气里将点燃的香烟扔在树林里容易失火。

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2. 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。

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3. After the hot dry summer, the soil is cracking up.
燥热的夏天过后，土地在龟裂。

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4. An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed.
一辆古式的公共汽车停在一条干涸了的河床旁边。

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5. As long as we don't have any accident, I think we'll be home and dry by tonight.
只要我们不出任何事故，我想今晚我们就会平安无事了。

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6. Chemically treated hair can become dry and brittle.
经过化学处理的头发会变得焦脆。

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7. Come and read it before the ink is dry.
立刻阅读它。

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8. Come and walk on the dry road, instead of going through the wet.
过来，在干燥路面上走，不要走湿路。

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9. Considerable quantities of CO₂ are adsorbed even by perfectly dry glass powder.
完全干燥玻璃粉吸附大量的二氧化碳。

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10. Crackers alone eat very dry.
光吃饼干口很干。

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11. Don't drain the teapot dry.
别把壶里的茶滗干了。

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12. Don't touch it before the ink is dry!
墨迹未干！不要动它！

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13. Dry earth absorbs water quickly.
干土吸水很快。

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14. Dry land has been turned into paddy fields.
旱地变水田。

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15. Dry sand absorbs water.
干沙吸收水分。

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16. Dry up the dishes!
把碟子擦干！

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17. Dry wood burns easily.
干柴容易燃烧。

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18. Dry wood makes a good blaze.
干木燃起夺目的光焰。

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19. Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble, my will will remain firm.
纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。

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20. Go and rub your hands dry.
去把你的双手擦干。

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