| 单词 | dried |
| 释义 | dried (once / 310 pages) adj Something that's dried isn't wet anymore. Dried ink on a page can't be smudged. The dried tears on your cheek are nothing but salty patches, and dried concrete on the sidewalk is completely solid — you can't leave a handprint in it. Some things are deliberately dried, with all moisture removed from them. Dried apricots and sun dried tomatoes, for example, are dehydrated so they become dense, sweet, and chewy. Dried has a Germanic root, dreug, which means "dry." WORD FAMILYdried: undried+/drier: driers/dry: dried, drier, dries, driest, drily, dryed, dryer, dryest, drying, dryly, dryness, drys, semi-dry/dryer: dryers/dryness: drynesses USAGE EXAMPLESInstead, cash dried up, retail commerce froze, and Maduro suspended the move as rioting and looting erupted. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Some cases, of course, are cut and dried. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) Makan’s crave-worthy pineapple, cucumber and basil salad brings on the funk with a dressing of fish sauce, dried shrimp and toasted coconut paste. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj not still wet the ink has dried a face marked with dried tears Syn dry free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet 2adj preserved by removing natural moisture dried beef dried fruit Syn dehydrated, desiccated preserved prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use |
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