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

• 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。
• 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。
• The clothes will soon dry up quickly after the rain.
  这些衣服经风一吹很快就会干的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Warm breezes from the South dried up the streets.
  来自南方的温暖和风吹干了街道。
• It would dry up the spirit of liberty and progress.
  它将摧残自由和进步的精神。
• But water may dry up, while time never stops.
  然而水流有干涸的时候，时间却永不停止它的前行。
• The sun will soon dry up the roads.
  太阳很快就会把道路晒干的。
• 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。