dried-up

英 [draɪd ʌp]

美 [draɪd ʌp]

adj.  (人)干瘪衰老的，老态龙钟的

柯林斯词典

• See also:...her fears of becoming a dried-up old prune.dry up

英英释义

adj

• depleted of water
  1. a dried-up water hole
• (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
  1. dried-up grass
  2. the desert was edged with sere vegetation
  3. shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
  4. withered vines
  Synonym:seresearshriveledshrivelledwithered

双语例句

• A little dried-up old man came to the door.
  有个干瘪的小老头来到门口。
• His skin was covered in a mixture of oils and resins and bathed in a solution of Natron, a salt found in dried-up river beds in Egypt.
  他的皮肤被涂上了一层油脂和松香制成的混合物，并浸泡在一种泡碱溶液里。这种泡碱是在埃及干涸的河床上发现的一种矿盐。
• I can't think of anything more silly than someone talking to a bunch of dried-up, stupid, worthless leaves!
  我想不出哪个人比对一堆枯萎的，愚蠢的，没用的落叶说话更傻的人了！
• Ian Pearson, an environment minister, said Britons must prepare to bid farewell to their lawns, as global warming is turning verdant swards into dried-up dust-bowls.
  环境大臣伊恩皮尔森（ianpearson）表示，英国人必须准备同他们的草坪说再见了，因为全球变暖正将翠绿的草地变成干燥的尘球。
• I mean, when he's in the coffin, he's just a dried-up old corpse.
  我是说，他在棺材里只是具老旧干尸。
• Discussion on the Dried-up Time of the Lop Nur Lake
  罗布泊干涸时间讨论
• Who shall say which is more ghastly, the sight of bleached skulls or of dried-up human hearts?
  谁又能说，枯萎的心灵和空无一物的骷髅，究竟哪一样看上去更可怕呢？
• As the disease becomes heavy, the leaves colour turns yellow from green gradually. The leaves turn small. The wilting can not recover at night. At last, the leaves dried-up from the top to the bottom till the death of the whole plant.
  病情进一步严重时，叶色由绿渐变黄，叶片变小，发生永久性萎蔫，最后叶片自下而上逐渐干枯，直至全株死亡。
• I turned my head and saw a small crucian carp in the dried-up carriage ditch.
  我回过头来，看见干涸的车沟里有条小螂鱼。
• Survival in this world is inseparable from generosity, without which we would perish and become dried-up from within.
  要想在世界上生存，必不可少的就是有慷慨无私之心，否则我们的心灵将会变得自私并且干涸。