dry land

Thesaurus

Noun

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dry land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, landobject, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of waterbeachfront - a strip of land running along a beachcape, ness - a strip of land projecting into a body of watercoastal plain - a plain adjacent to a coastearth, globe, world - the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"floor - the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"foreland - land forming the forward margin of somethingtimberland, woodland, forest, timber - land that is covered with trees and shrubsisland - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by wateristhmus - a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areasland mass, landmass - a large continuous extent of landmainland - the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsulaneck - a narrow elongated projecting strip of landoxbow - the land inside an oxbow bend in a riverpeninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of waterchampaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"slash - an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)wonderland - a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder

Translations

陆地

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. 乾的，乾燥的 干燥的2. uninteresting and not lively. a very dry book. 枯燥乏味的 枯燥乏味的3. (of humour or manner) quiet, restrained. a dry wit. 一本正經的 正经的4. (of wine) not sweet. (酒等)不甜的 （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. 使乾燥 使干燥dried adjective (of food) having had moisture removed for the purpose of preservation. dried flowers; dried fruit. 乾燥過的(花朵、食品) 弄干了的ˈdrier, ˈdryer noun a machine etc that dries. a spin-drier; a hair-dryer. 烘乾機，吹風機 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. 一本正經地 枯躁无味地ˈdryness noun 乾 干ˌdry-ˈclean verb to clean (clothes etc) with chemicals, not with water. 乾洗 干洗dry land the land as opposed to the sea etc. 陸地 陆地dry off to make or become completely dry. She climbed out of the swimming-pool and dried off in the sun. 使完全變乾 使完全变干dry up1. to lose water; to cease running etc completely. All the rivers dried up in the heat. 使乾涸，乾涸 使干涸2. to become used up. Supplies of bandages have dried up. 用盡 用完3. to make dry. The sun dried up the puddles in the road. 使乾掉 使变干4. (of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say. He dried up in the middle of his speech. 突然語塞 讲不出话来