dry

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈdɹaɪ̯/|[ˈdɹ̝ʷaɪ̯]|[ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]    /ˈdɹaɪ̯/|[ˈdɹ̝ʷaɪ̯]|[ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷaɪ̯]|/ˈdɹɑɪ̯/|[ˈdɹ̝ʷɑ̟ɪ̯] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷɑ̟ɪ̯]|/ˈdɹɒ̈ɪ̯/|[ˈdɹ̝ʷɒ̈ɪ̯] ~ [ˈd̠ɹ̠˔ʷɒ̈ɪ̯]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process by which something is dried.
    — This towel is still damp: I think it needs another dry.
  2. A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages). US
    — The drys were as unhappy with the second part of the speech as the wets were with the first half.
  3. An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
    — Come under my umbrella and keep in the dry.
  4. The dry season. Australia,with-definite-article
    — […] one was sodden to the bone and mildewed to the marrow and moved to pray […] for that which formerly he had cursed—the Dry! the good old Dry—when the grasses yellowed, browned, dried to tinder, burst into spontaneous flame— […]
  5. An area of waterless country. Australia
  6. Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
    — All day, all night you feel as if the Earth could fly/Three more all for fine Indian Gin and whiskey dry.
  7. A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. UK
动词 v.
  1. To lose moisture. intransitive
    — The clothes dried on the line.
  2. To remove moisture from. transitive
    — Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
  3. To exhaust; to cause to run dry. figuratively,transitive
  4. For an actor to forget their lines while performing. informal,intransitive
    — An actor never stumbled over his lines, he “fluffed”; he never forgot his dialogue, he “dried.”
形容词 adj.
  1. Free from or lacking moisture.
    — This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?
  2. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (agriculture) milk.
    — This well is as dry as that cow.
  3. Built without or lacking mortar.
    — [A]lready the gate was blocked with a wall of squared stones laid dry, but very thick and very high, across the opening.
  4. Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
    — Dry alcohol is 200 proof.
  5. Athirst, eager. figuratively
    — Prospero:[…]Confederates / (ſo drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples / To giue him Annuall tribute, doe him homage / Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend / The Dukedom yet vnbow'd (alas poore Millaine) / To moſt ignoble ſtooping.
  6. Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
    — Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now.
  7. Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
    — You'll have to drive out of this dry county to find any liquor.
  8. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly
    — These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament.
  9. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness; Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
    — Proper martinis are made with London dry gin and dry vermouth.
  10. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness; Amusing without showing amusement.
    — Steven Wright has a deadpan delivery, Norm Macdonald has a dry sense of humor, and Oscar Wilde had a dry wit.
  11. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness; Lacking interest, boring.
    — a dry academic discipline turned into a living subject
  12. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness; Of a board or flop: Not permitting the creation of many or of strong hands.
    — Jake was hoping to make something good out of his suited 7-8 hand, but the flop came out dry: 2-5-10 rainbow, and all of the wrong suit!.
  13. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness; Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
  14. Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
    — This fighter jet's engine has a maximum dry thrust of 200 kilonewtons.
  15. Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter. derogatory
  16. Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
  17. Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
    — never dry fire a bow
  18. Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.; Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
    — dry bite
  19. In a dry spell (e.g., unemployed, slow).
    — Things are dry right now. We're hoping business'll pick up next month.
  20. Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
  21. Mixed with sauce and not served in a soup. Malaysia,Singapore
    — I would have mee tai mak (short, thick noodles), either in soup or dry, with fishballs, pork balls or yong tau foo at this noodles shop near my house.

词形变化

drier comparative dryer comparative driest superlative dryest superlative drie alternative,obsolete drys plural dries plural drie alternative,obsolete dries present,singular,third-person drying participle,present dried participle,past dried past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template dry infinitive dry first-person,present,singular dried first-person,past,singular dry present,second-person,singular driest archaic,present,second-person,singular dried past,second-person,singular dries present,singular,third-person drieth archaic,present,singular,third-person dried past,singular,third-person dry plural,present dried past,plural dry present,subjunctive dried past,subjunctive dry imperative,present - imperative,past drying participle,present dried participle,past drie alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
wet
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; parched, withered”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgī, *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz (“dry, hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). The verb derives from Middle English drien, from Old English drȳġan (“to dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgijan, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz (“hard, desiccated, dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“strong, hard, solid”).
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Scots dry, drey (“dry”), North Frisian drüg, driig, Saterland Frisian druuch (“dry”), West Frisian droech (“dry”), Dutch droog (“dry”), Low German dröög (“dry”), German dröge (“dull”), Icelandic draugur (“a dry log”). Related also to German trocken (“dry”), West Frisian drege (“long-lasting”), Danish drøj (“tough”), Swedish dryg (“lasting, hard”), Icelandic drjúgur (“ample, long”), Latin firmus (“strong, firm, stable, durable”). See also drought, drain, dree.
词源 2
Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; parched, withered”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgī, *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz (“dry, hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). The verb derives from Middle English drien, from Old English drȳġan (“to dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgijan, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz (“hard, desiccated, dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“strong, hard, solid”).
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Scots dry, drey (“dry”), North Frisian drüg, driig, Saterland Frisian druuch (“dry”), West Frisian droech (“dry”), Dutch droog (“dry”), Low German dröög (“dry”), German dröge (“dull”), Icelandic draugur (“a dry log”). Related also to German trocken (“dry”), West Frisian drege (“long-lasting”), Danish drøj (“tough”), Swedish dryg (“lasting, hard”), Icelandic drjúgur (“ample, long”), Latin firmus (“strong, firm, stable, durable”). See also drought, drain, dree.
词源 3
Adjective and noun from Middle English drye, dryge, drüȝe, from Old English drȳġe (“dry; parched, withered”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgī, *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz, *draugiz (“dry, hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). The verb derives from Middle English drien, from Old English drȳġan (“to dry”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūgijan, from Proto-Germanic *drūgiz (“hard, desiccated, dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“strong, hard, solid”).
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Scots dry, drey (“dry”), North Frisian drüg, driig, Saterland Frisian druuch (“dry”), West Frisian droech (“dry”), Dutch droog (“dry”), Low German dröög (“dry”), German dröge (“dull”), Icelandic draugur (“a dry log”). Related also to German trocken (“dry”), West Frisian drege (“long-lasting”), Danish drøj (“tough”), Swedish dryg (“lasting, hard”), Icelandic drjúgur (“ample, long”), Latin firmus (“strong, firm, stable, durable”). See also drought, drain, dree.
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