driest

英 [ˈdraɪɪst]

美 [ˈdraɪɪst]

adj.  干的; 干燥的; 雨少的; 干旱的; 干性的; 无水分的
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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 干的;干燥的
  If something isdry, there is no water or moisture on it or in it.
  1. Clean the metal with a soft dry cloth...
     用柔软的干布擦拭金属。
  2. Pat it dry with a soft towel...
     用柔软的毛巾将它拍干。
  3. Once the paint is dry, apply a coat of the red ochre emulsion paint...
     油漆干了后,涂一层发红的土黄色乳胶漆。
  4. The path was dry and slithery from the drought.
     小路因干旱变得又干又滑。
• V-ERG (使)变干;弄干;擦干
  When somethingdriesor when youdryit, it becomes dry.
  1. The washing might dry outside today, the sun's shining...
     洗过的衣物可能今天晾在外面就能干,阳光正足。
  2. Leave your hair to dry naturally whenever possible...
     尽可能让头发自然晾干。
  3. Wash and dry the lettuce...
     将莴苣洗洗再晾干。
  4. Liz laughed again, got up from the water and began to dry herself.
     利兹又笑了,从水里站起来开始擦干身上的水。
• VERB (洗后）擦干(盘、杯、刀、锅等)
  When youdrythe dishes after a meal, you wipe the water off the plates, cups, knives, pans, and other things when they have been washed, using a cloth.
  1. Mrs. Madrigal began drying dishes.
     马德里加尔夫人开始擦干碟子。
  2. Dry upmeans the same asdry.
     dry up 同 dry
  3. He got up and stood beside Julie, drying up the dishes while she washed.
     他站起身站在朱莉身旁,她洗碗碟，他擦干。
• ADJ-GRADED (皮肤或头发)发干的,无水分的
  If you say that your skin or hair isdry, you mean that it is less oily than, or not as soft as, normal.
  1. Nothing looks worse than dry, cracked lips...
     没有什么比干燥开裂的嘴唇更难看的了。
  2. Dry hair can be damaged by washing it too frequently...
     干性头发洗得太频繁容易受损。
  3. My skin's been getting a little dry recently.
     我皮肤最近有点干。
• ADJ-GRADED 干旱的;雨量少的;无雨的
  If the weather or a period of time isdry, there is no rain or there is much less rain than average.
  1. Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production...
     去年罕见的干旱天气已导致农业减产。
  2. The spring had been unusually dry and we received only two tenths of an inch of rain during the entire month of June.
     春天异常干旱，我们在整个 6 月只有 0.2 英寸的降雨量。
• ADJ-GRADED (地方或气候)少雨的,干燥的
  Adryplace or climate is one that gets very little rainfall.
  1. It was one of the driest and dustiest places in Africa.
     那是非洲最干旱、尘土最多的地方之一。
  2. ...a hot, dry climate where the sun is shining all the time.
     终年阳光明媚的炎热干旱气候
• N-SING 干燥;少雨
  Inthe drymeans in a place or at a time that is not damp, wet, or rainy.
  1. Such cars, however, do grip the road well, even in the dry.
     不过，这种车即使在干燥路面上也表现出了良好的抓地性能。
• ADJ-GRADED (通常指河流、湖泊或水井由于天热少雨而)干涸的
  If a river, lake, or well isdry, it is empty of water, usually because of hot weather and lack of rain.
  1. The aquifer which had once fed the wells was pronounced dry...
     曾为水井供水的蓄水层正式宣告干涸了。
  2. The single-engine plane landed at a dry lake in western Arizona...
     单引擎飞机在亚利桑那州西部的一个干涸的湖底着陆了。
  3. In the end the Volga's waters will run dry.
     伏尔加河水终将干涸。
• ADJ (油井)枯竭的,不再产油的
  If an oil well isdry, it is no longer producing any oil.
  1. To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, it must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.
     随着大型油井的枯竭，要想从北海的石油和天然气开采中盈利,必须着力于开采小储量的油井。
• ADJ-GRADED 口渴的;干渴的
  If you aredry, you need to drink something.
  1. She was suddenly thirsty and dry.
     她突然口渴了。
• ADJ-GRADED (因紧张、生病等)口干的,喉咙干的
  If your mouth or throat isdry, it has little or no saliva in it, and so feels very unpleasant, perhaps because you are tense or ill.
  1. His mouth was dry, he needed a drink...
     他口很干,需要喝上一杯。
  2. My throat was dry. I was at a loss for words.
     我喉咙很干,不知说什么才好。
• (咳嗽)无痰的,干咳的
  Adrycough is one that does not produce any mucus.
• ADJ (眼睛)无泪的
  If someone hasdryeyes, there are no tears in their eyes; often used with negatives or in contexts where you are expressing surprise that they are not crying.
  1. There were few dry eyes in the house when I finished...
     我说完后房间里没几个人不掉泪的。
  2. She didn't wince and her eyes were dry. Talk about brave. She was unbelievable.
     她连眉头也未皱一下,也没哭。说到勇敢,她令人难以置信。
• ADJ 禁酒的
  If a country, state, or city isdry, it has laws or rules which forbid anyone to drink, sell, or buy alcoholic drink.
  1. Gujurat has been a totally dry state for the past thirty years.
     在过去的 30 年里古吉拉特一直是完全禁酒的一个州。
• ADJ （被）吸干的;（被）榨干的
  If you say that someone is sucking somethingdryor milking itdry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
  1. ...a shady rip-off industry that sucks its talent dry then discards it...
     见不得人的山寨行业吸干了它的才华后又将它抛弃
  2. He's just milking the company dry.
     他是要把公司榨干。
• ADJ-GRADED (幽默)不露声色的,含蓄不露的,机敏的
  Dryhumour is very amusing, but in a subtle and clever way.
  1. Fulton has retained his dry humour...
     富尔顿保持着他含而不露的幽默。
  2. Mr Brooke is renowned for his dry wit.
     布鲁克先生因他不露声色的机智而闻名。
• ADJ-GRADED 冷淡的;淡然的;不动感情的;冷冰冰的
  If you describe a voice asdry, you mean that it is cold or dull, and does not express any emotions.
  1. When he crept back to his desk, he heard the dry voice of Father Laurence.
     当他轻手轻脚地回到读经台时,他听到了劳伦斯神父冷冰冰的声音。
• ADJ-GRADED 枯燥乏味的;干巴巴的;无趣的
  If you describe something such as a book, play, or activity asdry, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
  1. ...dry, academic phrases.
     枯燥无味的学术词汇
  2. A lot of the work was very dry and boring in Westminster.
     威斯敏斯特的许多工作非常枯燥无味令人厌烦。
• ADJ (面包或吐司)不涂黄油和果酱的
  Drybread or toast is plain and not covered with butter or jam.
  1. For breakfast, they had dry bread and tea.
     他们早餐吃了无黄油的面包，还喝了茶。
• ADJ (酒)无甜味的,干的
  Drysherry or wine does not have a sweet taste.
  1. ...a glass of chilled, dry white wine.
     一杯冰镇干白葡萄酒
• high and dry→ see:high
• PHRASAL VERB (河流、湖泊或水井)干涸
  If a river, lake, or welldries up, it becomes empty of water, usually because of hot weather and a lack of rain.
  1. Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land...
     水库逐渐干涸,农民开始背井离乡。
  2. The fountain is reputed never to dry up.
     这口泉号称从不干涸。
• PHRASAL VERB （供应）枯竭，停止，中断
  If a supply of somethingdries up, it stops.
  1. 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。
  2. Credit from foreign banks is drying up...
     外资银行的放贷金额持续萎缩，面临枯竭。
  3. The company laid off 65,000 workers after commercial-jet orders dried up.
     商务飞机订单减少后公司精减了 65,000 名工人。
• PHRASAL VERB 无话可说;突然住口
  If youdry upwhen you are speaking, you stop in the middle of what you were saying, because you cannot think what to say next.
  1. If you ask her what she's good at she will dry up after two minutes.
     如果你问她擅长什么，两分钟后她就没话说了。
• → see:dry 3
• See also:dried-updrying up

双语例句

• Germany swung from its driest April since country-wide observations started in1901 to its wettest May on record.
  德国却经理了1901年以来嘴干燥的四月和最潮湿的五月。
• She had dressed him in trousers and long sleeves, which he usually wore only during the rainy season& not now, the driest and hottest time of the year.
  她让儿子穿上了长裤和长袖上衣，通常他只在雨季这么穿，但现在不是雨季，而是一年中最干最热的时候。
• Lush fur and watchful eyes help this gray fox survive in the harsh, often cold climate of Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth.
  浓密的皮毛和机警的眼神让这种灰狐狸能在智利阿塔卡马沙漠的寒冷恶劣气候中得以生存。
• Africa is the world's driest continent, but the unpredictability of the rains is as much of a problem as the lack of them.
  非洲是世界上最干旱的大陆，但是降雨的不可预测性几乎和缺雨问题一样严重。
• Which is the driest season?
  哪个季节最干燥的？
• He gives the driest speech I've ever listened to.
  他做了我所听过的最枯燥的报告。
• The driest inhabited continent is one of the worlds worst per capita emitters of greenhouse gases.
  这个有人居住的最干燥的大陆是世界上人均温室气体排放量最高的地区之一。
• The Atacama in northern Chile is the driest desert on Earth.
  智力北部的阿塔卡马沙漠是世界上最干的沙漠。
• Antarctica1is the highest, driest and coldest continent.
  南极洲是最高、最干且最冷的大陆。
• Antarctica is the world's coldest and the world's driest continent.
  南极洲是世界上最冷和最干燥的地方。