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

• 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。
• Therefore found at the site sent to the villagers Yang hui, told him at the site dry up.
  于是找到了在工地上干活的老乡杨辉，便跟他在工地上干了起来。
• Water is your body's life force, without it, you would literally dry up!
  水是你身上的生命力，没有它，你会字面上干涸！
• You might as well dry up on this island and drop dead!
  你可能想干死在这个岛上！
• Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.
  由于完全失去了水分而干瘪皱缩。
• Loss of water as fresh flowers, will dry up and die.
  如同失去了水分的鲜花，只会干涸而枯死。
• If it is a river, it will dry up when you put your feet in its waters.
  如果是一道江河，当我们脚一入水的时候，江河便会变成干地。
• 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。
• I'll wash the dishes if you'll dry up for me.
  如果你来擦碟的话，我就洗这些碟子。
• 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。