dry up
短语干涸, 住口
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词形变化
释义与例句
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1.
To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.
不及物I'll go shopping when it dries up.
Last summer the lake completely dried up.
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2.
To cause to become dry.
及物The heatwave dried up all the rivers.
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3.
To manually dry dishes and utensils.
及物/不及物 不及物I'll dry up if you wash up.
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4.
To deprive someone of (something vital).
及物The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.
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5.
To gradually decrease and eventually cease.
不及物When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.
After the stock market crash, the easy financing dried up.
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6.
To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
不及物This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment.
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7.
To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.
To forget one's lines.
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To stop talking or drop a topic.
Oh, dry up, you old fuddy-duddy!