| 单词 | (leave somebody/something) high and dry |
| 释义 | (leave somebody/something) high and dry(leave somebody/something) high and dry HELP a) if someone is left high and dry, they are left without any help or without the things that they need （使某人）孤立无援，陷入困境 b) if a boat, area etc is left high and dry, it is left on land because the water that surrounded it has gone down 〔船〕搁浅；〔地方〕高出水面 The once-thriving port of Rye was left high and dry as sea levels retreated. 一度繁荣的拉伊港由于海平面下降变成了旱港。 Examples from the Corpus (leave somebody/something) high and dry• Between breakups the continents stood high and dry.• But at Hereford, the oil level had been allowed to drop, leaving the probe high and dry.• It is profitable, but it leaves the comic muse high and dry.• The pirates left us high and dry!• Unfortunately, instead of being integrated in a general hospital as planned, the wing will now be left high and dry.• When Matt married Inez I was left high and dry.• Otherwise, a drop in the water level might leave boaters high and dry and give property owners mudflat views.• Some crews actually rope cell phones down to high and dry rock climbers to get information. → (leave somebody/something) high and dry at high2(1) |
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