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

• Survival in this world is inseparable from generosity, without which we would perish and become dried-up from within.
  要想在世界上生存，必不可少的就是有慷慨无私之心，否则我们的心灵将会变得自私并且干涸。
• 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。
• Who shall say which is more ghastly, the sight of bleached skulls or of dried-up human hearts?
  谁又能说，枯萎的心灵和空无一物的骷髅，究竟哪一样看上去更可怕呢？
• His skin was covered in a mixture of oils and resins and bathed in a solution of Natron, a salt found in dried-up river beds in Egypt.
  他的皮肤被涂上了一层油脂和松香制成的混合物，并浸泡在一种泡碱溶液里。这种泡碱是在埃及干涸的河床上发现的一种矿盐。
• 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。
• In the twentieth century, the earth is getting warmer and warmer with the development of economics, technology and population. There appear many environmental problems such as the thinner ozone layer, air pollution and dried-up water resources.
  在经济发展，科技进步和人丁兴旺的二十一世纪，伴随而至的是全球变暖臭氧层变薄，空气污染、水源枯竭等环境问题。
• They came upon a dried-up oasis.
  他们发现了一片干涸的绿洲。
• In arid and semi-arid areas of northern China, lakes have been facing a number of problems such us dried-up, shrinkage and serious water pollution.
  中国北方干旱和半干旱地区湖泊面临不断干枯、萎缩和水质污染严重的局面。
• 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。
• 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。