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dry /draɪ/► SEE ALL(as) dry as a bone(as) dry as dustmilk/suck sb/sth drynot a dry eye in the houserun drybleed sb dry/whitehang sb out to dryhigh and dryhome and drykeep your powder drysqueeze sb dry
●(as) dry as a ˈbonevery dry 十分干燥；干透的●(as) dry as ˈdustextremely boring 枯燥乏味◆Her lectures are very useful, but they’re dry as dust.
她讲的课很有用，可是却乏味得要死。●milk/suck sb/sth ˈdryget from sb/sth all the money, help, information, etc. they have, usually giving nothing in return 榨干…的钱财；耗尽…的精力；索尽…的信息◆It was only later that we found out he’d milked his grandmother dry of all her money before she died.
我们后来才知道他祖母去世之前他已经榨干了她所有的积蓄。●not a dry eye in the ˈhouse (humorous) used to say that everyone was very emotional about sth 无人不感动；无人不流泪；无不为之动容◆There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when they announced their engagement.
他们宣布订婚时大家眼睛全湿了。●run ˈdrystop supplying water; be all used so that none is left 干涸；耗尽；告罄◆The wells in most villages in the region have run dry.
该地区大部分村庄的水井都干涸了。◆Vaccine supplies started to run dry as the flu outbreak reached epidemic proportions.
流感大面积传播开来，疫苗供应告急。●bleed sb ˈdry/ˈwhite (disapproving) take away all sb’s money 榨取某人所有的钱；把某人榨干◆He used to be quite wealthy, but his children have bled him dry.他从前很富有，可是都被他的孩子们给榨干了。●hang sb out to ˈdry (NAmE, informal) leave sb in a difficult situation without your support, especially to avoid receiving any blame yourself （对他人身陷困境）弃之不管，袖手旁观◆It was his own party who hung him out to dry for losing the election.是他自己的政党在选举失败后对他弃之不顾。●ˌhigh and ˈdryin a difficult situation without help or money 处境艰难；陷入困境；孤立无援◆When the travel company went bankrupt, many holidaymakers were left high and dry abroad or waiting at the airport.这家旅行社破产时，很多度假者被困在国外或滞留在机场。 NOTE This expression refers to boats left on the beach after the level of the sea has fallen. 这个表达法原指落潮后船搁浅在海滩上。 ●home and ˈdry (BrE) (NAmE home ˈfree) in a safe or good position because you have successfully completed or won sth 平安无事；稳操胜券◆When we’ve won four out of six games, we’ll know that we’re home and dry.我们六场比赛中要是能赢四场，就没有问题了。◆All they have to do is sign the contract and then we’ll be home free.只要他们一签合同，我们就高枕无忧了。●keep your ˈpowder dry (old-fashioned) remain ready for a possible emergency 时刻准备应付紧急情况；枕戈待旦；秣马厉兵◆The bank is not cutting interest rates at the moment, preferring to keep its powder dry in case it’s forced to cut them in the future.银行此刻没有下调利率，而是枕戈待旦，以防将来被迫降息。 ORIGIN This comes from advice given by Oliver Cromwell to his troops when they were crossing a river before battle. Powder here refers to the gunpowder used to fire bullets. 这个习语源于奥利弗 ∙ 克伦威尔战前渡河时给士兵的忠告。powder 此处指过去用于发射子弹的火药。●ˌsqueeze sb ˈdryget as much money, information, etc. out of sb as you can 榨干（钱财、信息等）◆The war, as well as the economic sanctions imposed by foreign powers, have squeezed the economy dry.战争以及外国列强所强加的经济制裁已经使经济捉襟见肘。 |