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！
• Now if a great lake like Victoria were to dry up partially, it would be split into a number of separate, smaller lakes.
  现在如果像维多利亚湖这样的大湖部分干涸，它就会被分成若干独立的小湖泊。
• The sun will soon dry up the roads.
  太阳很快就会把道路晒干的。
• Warm breezes from the South dried up the streets.
  来自南方的温暖和风吹干了街道。
• Black flowers can take all the light waves which cause the flowers to dry up in a high temperature.
  而黑色花朵可吸收所有光波使花在高温下变干。
• This year, the recovery may bog down as government stimulus measures dry up.
  他们普遍认为，今年，鉴于政府刺激政策逐渐枯竭，美国经济复苏可能陷入停顿。
• But as the dry season progresses, the grass on the plains begins to dry up and water sources disappear.
  但是当旱季来临，平原上的草干枯了，水源消失了。
• 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。
• You might as well dry up on this island and drop dead!
  你可能想干死在这个岛上！
• 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。