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

• 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。
• They came upon a dried-up oasis.
  他们发现了一片干涸的绿洲。
• Although the phenomenon of dried-up relieved, the water resource characteristics of Yellow River Basin does not change.
  断流现象虽然有所缓解，黄河流域属资源性缺水地区的特征仍不改变。
• Situated underground on the bottom of an ancient dried-up sea, it has, apparently, been in existence for thousands of years but was recently re-established in the early1960s by an international team.
  它位于一个干涸的古老海洋底部的地下。很显然，它存在了数千年，但最近在60年代初被一个国际研究小组重建。
• A little dried-up old man came to the door.
  有个干瘪的小老头来到门口。
• With the development of economy and society, water-demand and water shortage situation increasingly, combined with unified management of river basin is very weak, the Yellow River water did not stop the dried-up problem from the fundamental solution.
  随着经济社会的发展，需水量不断增加，缺水形势越来越严峻，加之流域统一管理十分薄弱，黄河缺水断流问题并没有从根本上解决。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the disease becomes heavy, the leaves colour turns yellow from green gradually. The leaves turn small. The wilting can not recover at night. At last, the leaves dried-up from the top to the bottom till the death of the whole plant.
  病情进一步严重时，叶色由绿渐变黄，叶片变小，发生永久性萎蔫，最后叶片自下而上逐渐干枯，直至全株死亡。
• 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。