| 单词 | bone-dry |
| 释义 | bone-dry (once / 71633 pages) adj WORD FAMILY bone-dry USAGE EXAMPLESQuentin Crisp turned his bone-dry humor into a cottage industry. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) They placed several of these devices in a bone-dry federal land management research site in New Mexico for 40 days in summer 2016. Science Magazine(Dec 01, 2016) Rain forecast for Wednesday should help the area after weeks of punishing drought, but the bone-dry ground should soak up the moisture quickly, forecasters said. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) adj without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard Syn bone dry dry free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet |
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