drying up

英 [ˈdraɪɪŋ ʌp]

美 [ˈdraɪɪŋ ʌp]

n.  擦干(厨具、餐具等)

柯林斯词典

• 擦干(厨具、餐具等)
  When you dothe drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed.

in AM, use 美国英语用 drying

英英释义

noun

• the process of extracting moisture
  Synonym:dehydrationdesiccationevaporation

双语例句

• Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land
  水库逐渐干涸，农民开始背井离乡。
• Researchers at the unit say climate change is to blame for rivers drying up and species migrating to new habitats, causing changes in ecosystems.
  该部门的科学家说气候变化是造成河流干涸以及动物迁徙到新的栖息地的原因，这导致了生态系统的变化。
• Order books are drying up.
  订单正逐渐枯竭。
• The river is drying up because there is no rain.
  因为缺雨，这条河正在干涸。
• Developing countries now face falling remittances, declining export markets, a drying up of investments and shrinking tourism revenues, he said.
  他说：发展中国家如今正面临汇款不断减少、出口市场日渐萎缩、投资资金枯竭和旅游收入下降的局面。
• It was staying still for drying up the under wings stretching out them from the upper wings like shelters.
  它从像壳的上翅膀下边伸下翅膀，和不动了。因为它要晒干全部的翅膀。
• The pond is drying up.
  池塘快干了。
• But now the presumed cash flow on which those borrowings were based is drying up.
  但目前，作为那些借款基础的预期现金流正逐渐枯竭。
• For most of us, a bad conference experience means drying up at the microphone.
  对于我们大多数人来说，一次糟糕的会议经历无非是指在话筒面前忘词。
• To allow the closure of the fastest growing companies is not a loss, cash flow is drying up.
  让企业最快倒闭的亏损，是现金流枯竭。