英语词汇“desiccate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	desiccate
释义	des·ic·cate I. \-kə̇]t, -ˌkā], usu ]d.+V\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin desiccatus : desiccated < a desiccate romance — Allen Tate > II. \ˈdesə̇ˌkāt, -sēˌ-, usu -ād.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin desiccatus, past participle of desiccare to dry up, from de- + siccare to dry, from siccus dry — more at sack *transitive verb* 1. : to dry up or cause to dry up : deprive or exhaust of moisture; especially : dry thoroughly < artificial desiccating of timber in an oven with a current of hot air > < the surgeon removed a suspect mole by electrodesiccation and thoroughly desiccated the immediately adjoining tissue with a needle electrode > < requiring a desiccated hermetically sealed container > 2. : to preserve (a food) by drying : dehydrate < one cup of desiccated coconut > 3. a. : to drain of vitality; especially : to divest of vigor, spirit, passion, or a capability of evoking mental or emotional excitement < a charming little romance … not desiccated and compressed within the pages of a book — Elinor Wylie > < Mr. Copland's musical style — a deft fusion of ingredients assembled from Debussy and Satie and of desiccated elements of American folk music — Winthrop Sargeant > b. : to divest of spontaneity, animating or interesting properties, or stimulating capacity < a secret-police system first unsettles, then desiccates, then calcifies a free society — E.B.White > < the lopsidedly historical approach to literature which dominated and desiccated American academic studies for many years — G.H.Genzmer > < the thoughts and behavior of Londoners whose lives were desiccated by war — James Stern > c. : to divest of or divorce from aesthetic sensitivity and human sensibilities and abandon to intellectual aridity < the typical scholar filled with such learning as has been caricatured as absent-minded and desiccated personality — C.F.Richards > *intransitive verb* : to become dried up : undergo a desiccating or divesting process < some very small poikilotherms desiccate and encapsulate for protection — Samuel Brody > < English philosophy, lost in the aridities of logical positivism and semantics, has tended to become pedantically desiccated — Times Literary Supplement > Synonyms: see dry III. \like desiccate I\ noun (-s) : a product of or residue from desiccation
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