| 词组 | dry |
| 释义 | dry /draɪ/ adjective 1. without any water or moisturenounsdry clothes I need to change into some dry clothes.dry grass/leaves There had been no rain and the grass was very dry.dry mouth/tongue/throat/lips My mouth is getting dry – can I have a glass of water? | Her lips felt very dry in the cold weather.Dry land is used especially when someone has been on the sea or a river in a boat, and comes back onto the land: It was good to get off the ship onto dry land again.verbskeep/stay dry We managed to keep dry inside an old farm building.get dry (=become dry) Come inside and get dry.shake/rub/wipe etc sth dry He wiped his hands dry with a handkerchief.towel sth dry (=use a towel to dry something) She toweled his hair dry.adverbscompletely dry Don’t put clothes away until they are completely dry.phrases(as) dry as a bone/bone dry (=completely dry and with no moisture at all) These plants need some water – the soil is as dry as a bone.a river runs dry (=it becomes dry) The Yellow River has run dry twice in the last few years.THESAURUS: dry aridregion | area | land | landscape | conditions | environment | climate | desert | plain | wastes an arid region is extremely dry because it rarely rains, which makes it difficult to grow crops: Scorpions are able to survive in some of the world’s most arid regions. | The organism evolved in order to cope with the hot and arid conditions of the desert. | They crossed mountain passes and arid deserts. | The people live in the arid wastes of the Tibetan plateau. parched literarythroat | skin | lips | land | earth | soil | landscape | region completely dry and needing water or rain: Her throat was parched with thirst. | The earth was so parched that there were huge cracks in it. | They travelled across the parched landscape of Arabia.In informal English, you say I’m parched. when you are very thirsty.ANTONYMS → wet1 (1)2. if the weather is dry, there is very little rainnounsdry weather Water the rose bushes regularly in dry weather.a dry spell (=a period when there is no rain) The country has enjoyed a long dry spell.a dry summer Two dry summers in succession have caused low water levels.dry conditions The plants prefer warm dry conditions.dry season (=period of the year in some countries when it never rains) In many climates there are long dry seasons followed by long wet seasons.THESAURUS: dry → sunnyANTONYMS → rainy3. not interestingTHESAURUS: dry → boring |
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