- free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist干的; 干爽的：
the jacket kept me warm and dry
穿这件夹克衫使我觉得既暖和又干爽
he wiped it dry with his shirt.
他用自己的衬衣把它擦干。
- having lost all wetness or moisture over a period of time已干的, 干了的：
dry paint.
干了的油漆。
- for use without liquid干用的, 不用水的：
the conversion of dry latrines into the flushing type.
由无水公厕到冲水公厕的转变。
- with little or no rainfall or humidity干旱的; 干燥的：
the West Coast has had two dry winters in a row.
西海岸已连续经历了两个干燥的冬季。
- (of a river, lake, or stream) empty of water as a result of evaporation and lack of rainfall（河, 湖, 溪流）干涸的：
the river is always dry at this time of year.
每年的这个时候这条河总是干涸的。
- (of a source) not yielding a supply of water or oil（水源, 油源）枯竭的, 干枯的：
a dry well.
一口枯井。
- thirsty or thirst-making口渴的; 令人口渴的：
working in the hot sun is making me dry
在烈日下工作使我口干舌燥
dry work.
令人口干舌燥的工作。
- (of a cow or other domestic animal) having stopped producing milk（母牛等家畜）停止产奶的。
- without grease or other moisturizer or lubricator无油脂（或润肤霜、润滑剂）的：
cream conditioners for dry hair
适用于干性发质的护发乳
his throat was dry and sore.
他的喉咙又干又痛。
- (of bread or toast) without butter or other spreads（面包, 吐司）不涂黄油（等）的：
only dry bread and water.
只有不涂黄油的面包和水。
- figurative bare or lacking adornment〈喻〉不加掩饰的, 赤裸裸的：
the dry facts.
未加渲染的事实真相。
- unexciting; dull干巴巴的, 枯燥的, 乏味的：
by current tastes the text is dry.
以现在的品味来看, 这个文本有点枯燥乏味。
- unemotional, undemonstrative, or impassive冷冰冰的, 不露感情的：
Ralph gave me a dry, silent wave.
拉尔夫什么也没说, 只是冷冰冰地向我挥了挥手。
- (of a joke or sense of humour) subtle, expressed in a matter-of-fact way, and having the appearance of being unconscious or unintentional（玩笑, 幽默感）冷面的, 不动声色的：
he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humour.
他的朋友们喜欢他那不动声色的、含蓄的幽默感。
- prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink禁酒的：
the country is strictly dry, in accordance with Islamic law.
该国遵照伊斯兰教规严格实行禁酒。
- (of a person) no longer addicted to or drinking alcohol（人）不再嗜酒的, 戒酒的：
I heard much talk about how sobriety was more than staying straight or dry.
我听到了许多关于与不吸毒或不嗜酒相比保持清醒有多重要的议论。
- (of an alcoholic drink) not sweet（酒）干的, 不甜的：
a dry, medium-bodied red wine.
浓淡适中的干红葡萄酒。
- Brit. of or relating to political 'dries' (see sense 2 of the noun); rigidly monetarist〈英〉严格的货币主义者的（见名词义项2）。
- become dry变干：
waiting for the paint to dry
等待油漆变干
come in out of the rain and dry off
进来躲躲雨, 烘烘干
do not let the soil dry out
不要让泥土干透
pools are left as the rivers dry up.
河流变干后剩下了一个个池塘。
- with obj. cause to become dry使变干, 弄干：
they had washed and dried their hair.
他们洗了头并且吹干了头发。
- with obj. wipe tears from (the eyes)擦去（眼睛里的）泪水：
she dried her eyes and blew her nose.
她擦干了眼泪, 又擤了擤鼻子。
- wipe dishes dry with a cloth after they have been washed擦餐具：
as noun drying or drying up if she washed up one day I did the drying up.如果有一天她洗餐具了, 我就会擦餐具。
- with obj. [usu. as adj. dried] preserve by allowing or encouraging evaporation of moisture from使脱水, 使风变干：
dried flowers.
脱了水的花。
- with obj.
dry an animal off
cease milking and reduce the rations of a cow or other animal so that it stops producing milk（停止挤乳并减少喂料）使（乳牛等）停奶。
- theatrical slang forget one's lines〈舞台俚语〉忘记台词：
a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene.
我的一位同事曾在一场戏的中间忘了台词。
- the process or an instance of drying干燥过程（或事例）。
the dry
a dry or covered place干的地方; 遮盖着的地方。
- chiefly Austral. the dry season〈主澳〉旱季：
the grass was yellowing and the dry had started.
草开始变黄, 旱季已经来到。
- Austral. a tract of waterless country〈澳〉干旱地区：
the forty-mile dry.
方圆40英里的干旱地区。
- （一般作 dries）Brit. a Conservative politician in favour of strict monetarist policies (often used with reference to the politics of the 1980s)〈英〉严格的货币主义者（支持严格货币主义政策的保守党政治家, 常在提及20世纪80年代政治时使用）。
- US a person in favour of the prohibition of alcohol〈美〉支持禁酒者。
come up dry
- N. Amer. be unsuccessful〈北美〉不成功, 失败：
experiments have so far come up dry.
到目前为止, 实验仍未成功。
as dry as a bone
- extremely dry干透的; 极其干燥（或干旱）的。
as dry as dust
- extremely dry极干的; 极其干燥（或干旱）的。
- extremely dull; lacking emotion, expression, or interest枯燥无味的, 缺乏感情（或表达力、兴趣）的, 干巴巴的：
what the students learned was as dry as dust.
学生们学的东西枯燥无味。
there wasn't a dry eye in the house
- (with reference to a play, film, or similar event) everyone in the audience was moved to tears.（观看戏剧、电影等时）观众没有不掉眼泪的。
dryish
adjectivedryness
noundry out
- informal overcome alcoholism〈非正式〉戒酒：
he intends to dry out and get his life back together again.
他想要戒酒, 并重新找回自己的生活。
dry up
- informal cease talking〈非正式〉住口; 停止说话：
then he dried up, and Phil couldn't get another word out of him.
然后他就住了口, 菲尔再也没能从他嘴里得到一个字。
- (of something perceived as a continuous flow or source) decrease and stop逐渐枯竭, 逐渐减少; 终止：
his commissions began to dry up.
他的佣金开始逐渐减少并最终停止。