天干物燥:dry詞匯精講
Oh, Amy’s at the dry cleaners, and she's made a very amusing pun. "I don't care for perchloroethylene and I don't like glycol, ether."
——Big Bang Theory
哦,艾米正在干洗店,然后想到一個(gè)很有趣的雙關(guān)語(yǔ)?!拔也幌矚g全氯乙烯,不喜歡乙二醇醚?!?/p>
——《生活大爆炸》
一、下面我們來(lái)看看dry有幾種含義
adj.
1.干的,干燥的;干旱的?not wet, damp or sticky; without water or moisture
After these dry days everyone hopes for rain.
干燥的天氣之后,人人都希望下雨。
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2.(酒)不甜的?not sweet
All the Chinese Wines on the list are dry, sir. Would you like a red or white wine?
先生,單子上所有中國(guó)式的酒都是無(wú)甜味的,請(qǐng)問(wèn)您要紅葡萄還是白葡萄酒?
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3.枯燥無(wú)味的 nonsense,?not interesting
He was tired of the dull and dry life.
枯燥無(wú)味的生活使他感到厭煩。
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4.(使)口渴的?thirsty; that makes you thirsty
It's dry work digging in the sun.
在烈日下掘土的工作使人感到口渴。
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5.(面包等)不涂奶油(果醬)的?eaten on its own without any butter, jam, etc.
He managed to swallow a little soup and dry toast.
他設(shè)法吞下一點(diǎn)湯和不涂奶油的土司。
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v.
1.把…弄干,使干燥;變干 [I,T]?to become dry
There are different ways to dry and store popcorn for future use.
這里有很多種把玉米捧弄干、儲(chǔ)存以備后用的方法。
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2.曬干;風(fēng)干 [T]?to make sth dry
They sat in front of the fire to dry their wet clothes.
他們坐在爐火前以烘干他們的濕衣服。
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二、下面我們來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)一下含有dry的常見(jiàn)短語(yǔ)
dry battery
n. 干電池
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dry cell
n. 干電池
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dry nurse
n.保姆,(協(xié)助他人的)教導(dǎo)者
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dry out
(使)戒酒(毒) 變干,弄干。
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dry rot
枯萎;腐敗,腐敗現(xiàn)象
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三、最后,做個(gè)填詞游戲鞏固一下吧
The wells in most villages in the region have run ___.
這個(gè)地區(qū)多數(shù)村莊的水井都已干涸。 ?