天乾物燥：dry詞彙精講

Oh, Amy’s at the dry cleaners, and she's made a very amusing pun. "I don't care for perchloroethylene and I don't like glycol, ether."

——Big Bang Theory

哦，艾米正在幹洗店，然後想到一個很有趣的雙關語。“我不喜歡全氯乙烯，不喜歡乙二醇醚。”

——《生活大爆炸》

一、下面我們來看看dry有幾種含義

adj.

1.乾的，乾燥的；乾旱的 not wet, damp or sticky; without water or moisture

After these dry days everyone hopes for rain.

乾燥的天氣之後，人人都希望下雨。

2.（酒）不甜的 not sweet

All the Chinese Wines on the list are dry, sir. Would you like a red or white wine?

先生，單子上所有中國式的酒都是無甜味的，請問您要紅葡萄還是白葡萄酒？

3.枯燥無味的 nonsense, not interesting

He was tired of the dull and dry life.

枯燥無味的生活使他感到厭煩。

4.（使）口渴的 thirsty; that makes you thirsty

It's dry work digging in the sun.

在烈日下掘土的工作使人感到口渴。

5.（麪包等）不塗奶油（果醬）的 eaten on its own without any butter, jam, etc.

He managed to swallow a little soup and dry toast.

他設法吞下一點湯和不塗奶油的土司。

v.

1.把…弄乾，使乾燥；變幹 [I,T] to become dry

There are different ways to dry and store popcorn for future use.

這裏有很多種把玉米捧弄乾、儲存以備後用的方法。

2.曬乾；風乾 [T] to make sth dry

They sat in front of the fire to dry their wet clothes.

他們坐在爐火前以烘乾他們的溼衣服。

二、下面我們來學習一下含有dry的常見短語

dry battery

n. 乾電池

dry cell

n. 乾電池

dry nurse

n.保姆,(協助他人的)教導者

dry out

(使)戒酒(毒) 變幹，弄乾。

dry rot

枯萎;腐敗,腐敗現象

三、最後，做個填詞遊戲鞏固一下吧

The wells in most villages in the region have run ___.
這個地區多數村莊的水井都已乾涸。