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

• Loss of water as fresh flowers, will dry up and die.
  如同失去了水分的鲜花，只会干涸而枯死。
• 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。
• You might as well dry up on this island and drop dead!
  你可能想干死在这个岛上！
• The fountain is reputed never to dry up.
  这口泉号称从不干涸。
• Problems within financial institutions nearly always become life-threatening as liquidity begins to dry up.
  随着流动性开始枯竭，金融机构内部的问题几乎总是会变成致命的。
• 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。
• The clothes will soon dry up quickly after the rain.
  这些衣服经风一吹很快就会干的。
• Therefore found at the site sent to the villagers Yang hui, told him at the site dry up.
  于是找到了在工地上干活的老乡杨辉，便跟他在工地上干了起来。
• 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！
• Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.
  由于完全失去了水分而干瘪皱缩。