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

• 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。
• This causes groundwater levels to decline and rivers to dry up.
  这导致了地下水水位下降，河流干涸。报告号召人们认识到在这些水资源稀缺的地区，特别是在亚洲和北非，没有更多“新的”水资源了。
• You might as well dry up on this island and drop dead!
  你可能想干死在这个岛上！
• It works great, until we get stuck in rut and the ideas dry up.
  一开始这个方法很好，直到最后我们陷入了常规思维，想法枯竭。
• Dry up my tears with you gentle winds.
  用你轻柔的风吹干我的泪水吧。
• They are racing against the drought to transplant as many seedlings as possible before the remaining fields dry up.
  他们跟旱灾赛跑，在剩下的田地干涸前尽可能多地移植秧苗。
• But adversely we also don't want the experience to dry up after playing for a day.
  但另一方面我们也不想在一天游戏后就失去了体验的乐趣。
• After wailing for a while, you have to dry up the tears And keep being brave.
  你完全可以放声哭泣，然后擦干泪水，告诉自己继续勇敢。
• 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。
• It would dry up the spirit of liberty and progress.
  它将摧残自由和进步的精神。