desiccate

英 ['desɪˌkeɪt] 美 ['desɪˌkeɪt]

• v. （使）干；干贮

英英释义

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"
   

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"
   

经典引文

• Wine helpeth to digest and desiccate the moisture.

  出自： Bacon

• Piety imprisoned in a shrivelled mass of desiccated formulae.

  出自： R. H. Tawney

• Whip the cream and fold it in, with a good tablespoon of desiccated coconut.

  出自： J. Grigson

• So desiccated by age that a smile might have broken her into little pieces.

  出自： B. Bainbridge

近反义词

【近义词】

• dry up （使）干涸
• dehydrate 脱水
• wither 枯萎，干枯
• dry out (使)干透
• parch 烘
• dry 干的
• shrivel （使）枯萎
• shrink 收缩
• exsiccate 使干燥
• desiccated 干燥的
• arid 干燥的