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

• Dry up my tears with you gentle winds.
  用你轻柔的风吹干我的泪水吧。
• There is no source of water, if it was not will soon dry up.
  没有源头的水，若不是死水一潭，便会很快干涸。
• 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。
• But adversely we also don't want the experience to dry up after playing for a day.
  但另一方面我们也不想在一天游戏后就失去了体验的乐趣。
• Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter
  投资可能会中断，而这会引起经济衰退。
• Now if a great lake like Victoria were to dry up partially, it would be split into a number of separate, smaller lakes.
  现在如果像维多利亚湖这样的大湖部分干涸，它就会被分成若干独立的小湖泊。
• This year, the recovery may bog down as government stimulus measures dry up.
  他们普遍认为，今年，鉴于政府刺激政策逐渐枯竭，美国经济复苏可能陷入停顿。
• It works great, until we get stuck in rut and the ideas dry up.
  一开始这个方法很好，直到最后我们陷入了常规思维，想法枯竭。
• And the seas will dry up before there'll be peace between us.
  我和他之间才会有和平。
• 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。