【dry音标】 英[draɪ] 美[draɪ]
【单词释义】 dry是什么意思：
adj.干的，干燥的，干旱的；干旱的，口渴的；干咳的；无趣味的，枯燥的
vt.从…去掉水分，使…变干；脱水保存（如肉或其它食物）
vi.变干
n.干涸；[复数]drys[非正式用语]主张禁酒的人
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] dries [第三人称单数] dries
[单词现在分词] drying
[单词过去式] dried
[单词过去分词] dried
[比较级] drier [最高级] drieest
[反义词] wet 湿的
【dry形近词/近似词】
try v. 试图，努力；实验；试用 n.尝试，实验
cry v. 哭；喊 n.哭；叫喊
pry v.窥探，打探；撬开，撬动 n.窥探，打探；撬杠
fry v.油炸；油煎
【常用短语】
dry out （使）变干；（使）干透
dry up 干涸；（供应）枯竭
【单词例句】
◇ The table was covered with a snowy white table-cloth, on which stood a splendid dinner service, and a steaming roast goose, stuffed with apples and dried plums.
桌上铺着雪白的台布，上面放着精致的瓷碟，还有填满梅子和苹果、冒着热气、香喷喷的烤鹅。
◇ For the heart asks for fragrance, even when it is no longer young; and there is very little of that to be found in the dahlias or the dry chrysanthemums; therefore the butterfly turned to the mint on the ground.
人上了年纪，心中喜欢的就是香味呀。特别是在天竺牡丹和干菊花中间，香味这东西可说是没有了。因此蝴蝶就飞向地上长着的薄荷那儿去。
---- The Butterfly
◇ The tracks were muddy. The river was drying up. Most villagers only possessed one broom, a few tins and several jars and their rectangular grass huts with round angles were surrounded by weeds.
泥泞的道路、河流干枯，大部分的村民拥有的财产只不过是一只扫帚、几个瓶瓶罐罐而已，圆角的矩形草屋四周长满了杂草。
---- Helping the Remote Village
◇ The results revealed that a hot drink can cool you down, but only in dry conditions.
研究结果揭示，热饮可以让你感觉凉快，但只有在干燥的环境中才如此。
---- Drinking hot tea in summer really does cool you down
◇ However, experts agree that they contain chemical compounds that are potentially very toxic to dogs. At best, your dog could suffer from diarrhoea and vomiting and, at worst, dried-fruit poisoning could lead to kidney failure.
但专家认为，这些果脯包含可能对狗狗有剧毒的化学物质。果脯中毒最轻可引起腹泻和呕吐，而最重可导致肾衰竭。
---- Food that dogs cannot eat
◇ And do not leave clothes in the clear plastic wrapping that they come back from the dry cleaners in. This is to protect the clothes during transit but should be removed before they are placed in your closet so the clothes can breathe.
不要把衣物放在干洗店送回的透明塑料包装袋里。包装袋是为了在运送过程中保护衣物，但放入衣柜之前应该将塑料袋拿掉，这样衣物才能透气。
---- How to hang, wash, and care for clothes
◇ The process also gives each side of your nose a break, since a constant stream of heavily flowing air can dry it out and kill off the small hairs that protect you from foreign contaminants.
这一过程也能让你的两个鼻孔稍微休息一下，因为如果不断有大量空气流过鼻孔，会导致鼻孔干燥并损害鼻毛，鼻毛能够保护你不受外来污染物伤害。
---- Only One Side of Your Nose Gets Blocked at a Time
◇ In 2007, University of Florida zoologist Kent Vliet actually proved that the animals do sob while snacking. But because crocodiles eat while in the water—making a study of their meal-time tears difficult—he studied their close relatives, caimans and alligators, who might dine on dry land.
2007年，佛罗里达大学的动物学家肯特·弗利特证明了动物在进食的时候确实会哭泣。但因为鳄鱼是在水中进食的，研究它们进食期间是否会落泪比较困难，所以弗利特就研究了鳄鱼的近亲凯门鳄和短吻鳄，它们会在旱地上进食。
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ Then she kneeled down and, crying out to God the Lord, she prayed. Suddenly an angel appeared. He closed a head gate, so that the moat dried up, and she could walk through.
她跪到地上向上帝祈祷。忽然，有个天使向她走来，在水中筑起一道堤坝。这样一来，壕中的水干了，姑娘就可以走到果园去了。