1PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)变干;(使)干透 If something dries out or is dried out, it loses all the moisture that was in it and becomes hard. (使)变干;(使)干透 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
If the soil is allowed to dry out the tree could die. [VERBPREP.]
如果任由土壤变干,这棵树可能会枯死。
The cold winds dry out your skin very quickly. [VERBPREP. noun]
冷风很快会把你的皮肤吹干。
2PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)戒酒 If someone dries out or is dried out, they are cured of addiction to alcohol. (使)戒酒 [informal] [Also be V-ed P]
He checked into Cedars Sinai Hospital to dry out. [VERBPREP.]
他住进雪松西奈医院去戒酒。
I approved the doctor's order to keep him in the room till he was dried out. [VERB-ed PREP.]
我遵照医嘱,将他关在屋子里直到他戒酒成功。
SYN become sober, give up drinking, give up alcohol, go on the wagon