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

• That dried-up, skinny old codger could give an informal lecture that took you from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau all the way down to Hainan Island, or from the Taihang Range to Huangguoshu Falls.
  那干瘦老头居然能从青藏高原扯到海南岛，从太行山扯到黄果树瀑布。
• A little dried-up old man came to the door.
  有个干瘪的小老头来到门口。
• 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。
• In arid and semi-arid areas of northern China, lakes have been facing a number of problems such us dried-up, shrinkage and serious water pollution.
  中国北方干旱和半干旱地区湖泊面临不断干枯、萎缩和水质污染严重的局面。
• In the twentieth century, the earth is getting warmer and warmer with the development of economics, technology and population. There appear many environmental problems such as the thinner ozone layer, air pollution and dried-up water resources.
  在经济发展，科技进步和人丁兴旺的二十一世纪，伴随而至的是全球变暖臭氧层变薄，空气污染、水源枯竭等环境问题。
• The water resource demand increases and the over-exploitation of groundwater is serious, having led to lowering of groundwater level, sea water encroachment, and dried-up of spring water.
  水资源需求增大，地下水超采严重，出现地下水位下降、地面沉降、海水倒灌、泉水干枯等现象。
• With resources of petroleum and natural gas in the world gradually exhausted, mankind will face a situation of dried-up oil-gas resources in the later 21st century, so it has become the aim of scientific community to seek clean and efficient new energy.
  随着世界上石油、天然气资源的日渐耗尽，人类在21世纪后期面临着油气资源枯渴的局面，因此寻求洁净高效的新能源成为科学界追求的目标。
• 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？
• Heading south and east through the Taihang Mountains, the first day we journeyed along a dried-up river bed between the enclosing hills of a narrow valley.
  我们先朝南，随后再朝东穿越太行山。第一天沿着一条干涸的河床行进。
• They came upon a dried-up oasis.
  他们发现了一片干涸的绿洲。