drydown

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note. countable,uncountable
    — In those days I didn't buy perfumes, and initially thought Chamade was two fragrances: I would smell the drydown on passers-by and find it wonderful, but it took me months to connect it to the nondescript floral green top note.
  2. The physiologically mature phase in the ripening of a crop, where the fruit attains the desired trait of desiccation, suiting it for harvest and storage (e.g. maize, soybean). countable,uncountable
  3. A period where the habitat of a hydrophile organism is desiccated. countable,uncountable

词形变化

drydowns plural dry-down alternative

词源

From dry + down and deverbal from dry down.
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