desiccate

desiccate读音音标

英[\\\'desɪˌkeɪt]

美[ˈdɛsɪˌket]

基本意思释义

vt.弄干，使脱水; 使失水

英英释义

Verb

1. preserve by removing all water and liquids from;

\"carry dehydrated food on your camping trip\"

2. remove water from;

\"All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me\"

3. lose water or moisture;

\"In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly\"

Adjective

1. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless;

\"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata\"

\"a desiccate romance\"

\"a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery\"-C.J.Rolo