单词 | sun-dry |
释义 | sun-dryv. 1. transitive. To dry (something) in the sun; esp. to preserve (fruit or other fresh produce) by exposure to the heat of the sun rather than the heat of an oven, fire, etc. Cf. earlier sun-dried adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > dry [verb (transitive)] > by exposure to heat > in sun sun-dry1562 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Compoundes f. iij, in Bulwarke of Defence Drie it with a little Cotten: let this be doen in Somer, and also Sonne dried lest it waxe sower. 1685 W. Penn Further Acct. Pennsylvania 8 The Peach Excellent, on standers, and in great quantities: They sun-dry them, and lay them up in lofts, as we do roots here. 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates x. 217 Be hang'd like a Dog, and Sun dry'd. 1759 J. Wilkinson Seaman's Preserv. 87 Dried spinnach..might be easily sun dried, and cured for sea use. 1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay ii. iv In turtle shells they hoard the scanty rain, And eat its flesh, sun-dried for lack of fire. 1893 D. J. Rankin Zambesi Basin xiv. 244 The meat..is cut into strips, sun-dried and smoked. 1948 Potatoes for Livestock Feeding (U.S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 676) 39 The objective of this experiment was to test the practicability of sun-drying potatoes. 2015 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 14 Sept. My two siblings and I were expected to chip in when my parents were cooking—whether it was peeling carrots or helping to sun-dry tomatoes. 2. intransitive. To dry out in the sun; to be left to dry in the sun. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > become dry [verb (intransitive)] > in the sun sun-dry1883 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxix. 241 We'll all swing and sun-dry for your bungling. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iii. 24 I must have the bed and bedclothes aired and put to sun-dry. 1976 Making Aquatic Weeds Useful (National Academy of Sciences) viii. 78 90 kg of water must be evaporated for every 100 kg of whole aquatic plants laid out to sun dry. 2001 C. Robertson Mediterranean Soups 97 There was an abundance of fresh garden tomatoes, a portion of which were cut open to sun-dry on trays. Derivatives ˈsun-drying n. ΚΠ 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xli. 256 As for the drying of it, a kilne made on purpose is best, so that you be carefull of scorching of it, this will make greate riddance of the same, and to them that have greate store, sunne-drying will never doe the feate, though it may doe well for a small quantity. 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 405 [Tobacco] is prepared for sale in different forms. Everywhere, however, a simple sundrying supplies the place of cocking and sweating. 2002 U. Raina et al. Basic Food Prep. (ed. 3) 428 In the home, foods are generally preserved by sun drying and the use of salt, sugar, acid, oil and spices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmassun-dry sun-dry adj. dried up, parched, or withered by the sun; dried by exposure to the sun as opposed to artificial heat; = sun-dried adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > injured by heat or fire > parched > by the sun sunburnta1586 scorcheda1593 sun-dried1604 sunbaked1628 sun-dry1885 1885 W. B. Yeats in Dublin Univ. Rev. June 110/2 And with a sun-dry weed He wrote it on the sands. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. ii. 51 The seaports of the sun-dry Levant. 2011 L. Kirschenbaum Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen v. 132 1 cup sun-dry tomatoes, briefly soaked in warm water. < v.1562 as lemmas |
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