dry-clean

(drī′klēn′)tr.v. dry-cleaned, dry-clean·ing, dry-cleans To clean (clothing or fabrics) with chemical solvents that have little or no water.

dry cleaner n.dry cleaning n.

dry-clean

vb (Textiles) (tr) to clean (clothing, fabrics, etc) with a solvent other than water, such as trichloroethylene ˌdry-ˈcleaner n ˌdry-ˈcleaning n

dry-clean

Past participle: dry-cleaned
Gerund: dry-cleaning

Imperative
dry-clean
dry-clean

Present
I dry-clean
you dry-clean
he/she/it dry-cleans
we dry-clean
you dry-clean
they dry-clean

Preterite
I dry-cleaned
you dry-cleaned
he/she/it dry-cleaned
we dry-cleaned
you dry-cleaned
they dry-cleaned

Present Continuous
I am dry-cleaning
you are dry-cleaning
he/she/it is dry-cleaning
we are dry-cleaning
you are dry-cleaning
they are dry-cleaning

Present Perfect
I have dry-cleaned
you have dry-cleaned
he/she/it has dry-cleaned
we have dry-cleaned
you have dry-cleaned
they have dry-cleaned

Past Continuous
I was dry-cleaning
you were dry-cleaning
he/she/it was dry-cleaning
we were dry-cleaning
you were dry-cleaning
they were dry-cleaning

Past Perfect
I had dry-cleaned
you had dry-cleaned
he/she/it had dry-cleaned
we had dry-cleaned
you had dry-cleaned
they had dry-cleaned

Future
I will dry-clean
you will dry-clean
he/she/it will dry-clean
we will dry-clean
you will dry-clean
they will dry-clean

Future Perfect
I will have dry-cleaned
you will have dry-cleaned
he/she/it will have dry-cleaned
we will have dry-cleaned
you will have dry-cleaned
they will have dry-cleaned

Future Continuous
I will be dry-cleaning
you will be dry-cleaning
he/she/it will be dry-cleaning
we will be dry-cleaning
you will be dry-cleaning
they will be dry-cleaning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dry-cleaning
you have been dry-cleaning
he/she/it has been dry-cleaning
we have been dry-cleaning
you have been dry-cleaning
they have been dry-cleaning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dry-cleaning
you will have been dry-cleaning
he/she/it will have been dry-cleaning
we will have been dry-cleaning
you will have been dry-cleaning
they will have been dry-cleaning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dry-cleaning
you had been dry-cleaning
he/she/it had been dry-cleaning
we had been dry-cleaning
you had been dry-cleaning
they had been dry-cleaning

Conditional
I would dry-clean
you would dry-clean
he/she/it would dry-clean
we would dry-clean
you would dry-clean
they would dry-clean

Past Conditional
I would have dry-cleaned
you would have dry-cleaned
he/she/it would have dry-cleaned
we would have dry-cleaned
you would have dry-cleaned
they would have dry-cleaned

Translations

dry

(drai) adjective1. having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc. The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.干燥的2. uninteresting and not lively. a very dry book.枯燥乏味的3. (of humour or manner) quiet, restrained. a dry wit.正经的4. (of wine) not sweet. （酒等）不甜的 verb – past tense, past participle dried – to (cause to) become dry. I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.使干燥dried adjective (of food) having had moisture removed for the purpose of preservation. dried flowers; dried fruit.弄干了的ˈdrier, ˈdryer noun a machine etc that dries. a spin-drier; a hair-dryer. 干燥器，吹风机 ˈdrily, ˈdryly adverb in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner. He commented drily on the untidiness of the room.枯躁无味地ˈdryness noun干ˌdry-ˈclean verb to clean (clothes etc) with chemicals, not with water. 干洗dry land the land as opposed to the sea etc. 陆地dry off to make or become completely dry. She climbed out of the swimming-pool and dried off in the sun.使完全变干dry up1. to lose water; to cease running etc completely. All the rivers dried up in the heat.使干涸2. to become used up. Supplies of bandages have dried up.用完3. to make dry. The sun dried up the puddles in the road.使变干4. (of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say. He dried up in the middle of his speech.讲不出话来