Dry

(noun.) a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages.

(verb.) remove the moisture from and make dry; 'dry clothes'; 'dry hair'.

(verb.) become dry or drier; 'The laundry dries in the sun'.

(adj.) practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; 'he's been dry for ten years'; 'no thank you; I happen to be teetotal' .

(adj.) lacking warmth or emotional involvement; 'a dry greeting'; 'a dry reading of the lines'; 'a dry critique' .

(adj.) having a large proportion of strong liquor; 'a very dry martini is almost straight gin' .

(adj.) without a mucous or watery discharge; 'a dry cough'; 'that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose' .

(adj.) humorously sarcastic or mocking; 'dry humor'; 'an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely'; 'an ironic novel'; 'an ironical smile'; 'with a wry Scottish wit' .

(adj.) (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; 'dry toast'; 'dry meat' .

(adj.) having no adornment or coloration; 'dry facts'; 'rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner' .

(adj.) unproductive especially of the expected results; 'a dry run'; 'a mind dry of new ideas' .

(adj.) used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; 'dry weight' .

(adj.) lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; 'a dry book'; 'a dry lecture filled with trivial details'; 'dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life'- John Mason Brown .

(adj.) (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; 'a dry white burgundy'; 'a dry Bordeaux' .

(adj.) not shedding tears; 'dry sobs'; 'with dry eyes' .

(adj.) free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; 'dry land'; 'dry clothes'; 'a dry climate'; 'dry splintery boards'; 'a dry river bed'; 'the paint is dry' .

(adj.) not producing milk; 'a dry cow' .

(adj.) opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; 'the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers'; 'a dry state' .

(adj.) lacking moisture or volatile components; 'dry paint' .

录入:索菲娅

• The paper was first dipped into a solution of common salt, and then wiped dry, to diffuse the salt uniformly through the substance of the paper. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Or her taste for peculiar people, put in Mrs. Archer in a dry tone, while her eyes dwelt innocently on her son's. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Beyond the boundaries of the plantation, George had noticed a dry, sandy knoll, shaded by a few trees; there they made the grave. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I'm as dry as a kex with biding up here in the wind, and I haven't seen the colour of drink since nammet-time today. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• In each bladder was a small quantity of dried peas, or little pebbles, as I was afterwards informed. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Yes; there it lies on its side, dried up; except for its plumage, very like myself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Originally no doubt, and for untold centuries, the use was confined to the hairy, undressed, fresh, or dried skins, known as pelts. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It consists of a series of silk disks saturated with a sizing of plumbago and well dried. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He has certainly been drying up faster since the engagement: the flame of passion, I suppose. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Further to the north is the great plain, still steadily thawing and drying. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• After the dipping they are subjected to a drying process and then boxed. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It's the dampness drying, replied Jo. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She doesn't blind one; but she dries up one's tears. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He prepares a polished metal plate, generally zinc, with an extremely thin coating of film or fatty milk, which dries upon and adheres to the plate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The vehicle dries whatever colours may be used with it, in twelve hours. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Presently in the fourth and fifth centuries the weather grew drier and the grass became scanty, and the nomads stirred afresh. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In the farm yard appear the improved carriage and wagon, the well pump, the wind wheel, the fruit drier, the bee hive, and the cotton and cider press. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But it had differences due originally perhaps to the warmer, drier climate. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In my experimental plant for concentrating iron ore in the northern part of New Jersey, we had a vertical drier, a column about nine feet square and eighty feet high. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I recommended the shrubbery to Fanny as the driest place, said Sir Thomas. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He is exceedingly calm; his smile is shrewd; he can say the driest, most cutting things in the quietest of tones. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• We are now in sight of the real 'concentrates,' which are conveyed to dryer No. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The wet sheets of rubber are cut in square pieces, placed on perforated tin pans and loaded into the dryer, which will hold about eight hundred pounds of rubber. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A long series of experiments resulted in the invention of the tower dryer with a capacity of three hundred tons per hour. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The vacuum dryer is used where rubber is wanted dry in a short space of time. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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