| 单词 | dry up |
| 释义 | dry upSEE SYNONYMS FOR dry up ON THESAURUS.COM verb (adverb)(intr) to become barren or unproductive; failin middle age his inspiration dried up to dry (dishes, cutlery, etc) with a tea towel after they have been washed (intr) informal to stop talking or speakingwhen I got on the stage I just dried up; dry up! Words nearby dry updry stock, dry-stone, dry suit, dry synovitis, Dry Tortugas, dry up, dry valley, dry vomiting, dry wall, dry wash, dry well Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with dry updry up Gradually become unproductive, as in After two collections of short stories, his ability to write fiction dried up. Also see well's run dry. Stop talking; also, cause to stop talking. For example, Dry up! You've said enough. [Slang; mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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