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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- dry up
[draɪ ʌp]
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1.
vi.
[river]
[ well+]
干涸
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2.
vi.
[supply]
[ flow etc+]
(stop) 停滞
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3.
vi.
(during speech) 忘词
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- dry up
[draɪ ʌp]
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1.
[建筑]
失去创造力
- dry up
[draɪ ʌp]
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1.
v. + adv
使（干涸）
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The burning sun was drying up the plants.
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燃烧的太阳使这些植物干涸。
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2.
v. + adv
[Spoken]
住口
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The floods of gossip arriving on my desk had dried up.
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我没有再听到大量谣言。
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3.
v. + adv
（使）不生产，（使）无结果
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4.
v. + adv
枯竭，耗光
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Far from inspiring me to write, I dried up altogether.
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没有写作灵感，我文思枯竭。
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The free flow of money to the university was drying up.
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大学的流动资金正在枯竭。
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5.
v. + adv
演员忘记台词，动作
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The actor dried up during the audition.
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试唱期间，那个演员忘词了。
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6.
v. + adv
[British English]
[Spoken]
擦干
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She asked me to dry up the teacups.
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她让我擦干茶杯。
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7.
v. + adv
像蒸发似地消散或消失
Collins English-English Dictionary
- dry up
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1.
vi.
[adverb]
[intr]
to become barren or unproductive; fail
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in middle age his inspiration dried up
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2.
vi.
to dry (dishes, cutlery, etc) with a tea towel after they have been washed
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3.
vi.
[intr]
[Spoken]
to stop talking or speaking
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when I got on the stage I just dried up
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dry up!
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Examples
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Ice will melt into liquid and dry up.
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冰会融化成液体，蒸发掉。
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to dry (up) the dishes
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擦干碗碟
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干涸
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dry up; run dry
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协议墨迹未干，他们就把它撕毁了。
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They tore up the agreement before the ink was hardly dry.
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