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●ˌdry ˈup 🔑●ˌdry sth ˈup 🔑1. if a river or a lake, etc. dries up, or sth dries it up, it becomes completely dry (使河流、湖泊等)干涸,枯竭◆The well dried up for the first time in a century. 这是一个世纪以来这眼井第一次干涸。◆The sun dried up all the puddles. 太阳把所有的水坑烤干了。2. (BrE, informal) to dry dishes after they have been washed 擦干,拭干(盘、碟)◆I’ll dry up if you wash the dishes. 你洗盘子,我来揩干。◆He dried all the dishes up and put them away. 他把所有的盘碟抹干并收起。 NOTE Dry and dry sth are also used on their own. * dry 和 dry sth 也单独使用。[v + adv] [v + adv + n] [v + pron + adv] [v + n + adv] (rare) ▸ ˌdried ˈup adjective 1. completely dry 干涸的;干透的◆They camped in a dried-up river bed. 他们在一处干涸的河床上扎营。2. [only before noun] (disapproving) (of a person 人) old, with many folds and lines on the skin, small and usually bitter or bad-tempered 年老干瘪的(通常尖刻暴躁)◆The librarian was a dried-up, bitter old man. 图书馆管理员是个干瘪尖刻的老头儿。▸ ˌdrying-ˈup noun [uncountable] (BrE, informal) the act of drying dishes after they have been washed 擦干碟子◆to do the drying-up 把碟子抹干 |