| 单词 | dry-nurse |
| 释义 | dry /drī/adjective (drīˈer; drīˈest)
To free from or empty of water or moisture (often with off) intransitive verb
ORIGIN: OE drȳge; cf Du droog, Ger trocken drīˈer or dryˈer noun
drīˈly or dryˈly adverb In a dry manner dryˈing noun and adjective dryˈish adjective dryˈness noun Dryˈasdust noun
dry battery noun (elec) A battery composed of dry-cells dryˈbeat transitive verb (obsolete; Shakespeare, etc) To drub, but without shedding blood dryˈ-biˈble noun A disease of horned cattle in which the third stomach, or bible, is very dry dry blowing noun The use of a current of air to separate particles of mineral (esp gold) from the material in which it is found dry bob noun At Eton, a boy who plays cricket during the summer term (cf wet bob) dryˈ-cell noun (elec) An electric cell in which the electrolyte is not a liquid but a paste dryˈ-clean transitive verb To clean (clothes, etc) using eg a petroleum-based solvent rather than water dryˈ-cleaner noun dryˈ-cleaning noun dry construction noun (building) The use of timber or plasterboard for partitions, lining of walls and ceilings, to eliminate the traditional use of plaster and the consequent drying-out period (also dry lining) dryˈ-cupping noun (old medicine) Application of cups without previous scarification dryˈ-cure transitive verb To cure by drying dry distillation noun Destructive distillation (qv under destruction) dry dock noun A dock from which the water can be pumped, in order to effect repairs to the underside of a ship dryˈ-dock transitive verb To put in a dry dock dryˈ-eyed adjective Tearless dry farming noun A system of tillage in dry countries, surface soil being kept constantly loose, so as to retain scanty rains and reduce evaporation dryˈ-fist noun (obsolete) A niggard dry-fistˈed adjective and adverb (obsolete) Taking payment for gains and owing for losses dryˈ-fly adjective (of fishing) without sinking the fly in the water dryˈ-foot adverb (Shakespeare) By scent of the foot alone dry goods plural noun Drapery and the like distinguished from groceries, etc dry hole noun
dry ice, dry-iced see under ice drying oils plural noun Vegetable or animal oils that harden by oxidation when exposed to air drying-up cloth noun A cloth or towel for drying dishes, a dishtowel dry land noun Land as opposed to sea dry light noun (archaic)
dry lining see dry construction above. dry Mass or dry service noun Missa sicca, a rite in which there is neither consecration nor communion dry measure noun A system of measure by bulk, used for grain, etc (see eg bushel1, peck2, pint) dry monsoon see under monsoon dryˈmouth noun Xerostomia dryˈ-nurse noun A nurse who does not suckle (also transitive verb) dryˈ-plate noun A sensitized photographic plate, with which a picture may be made without the preliminary use of a bath dryˈ-pointˈ noun
dry riser noun A vertical pipe with an outside access through which water can be pumped from the street to the individual floors of a building in the event of a fire dryˈ-roastˈ transitive verb To roast without oil or fat dryˈ-roasted adjective dry rot noun
dry run noun
dryˈ-saltˈ transitive verb To cure (meat) by salting and drying dryˈsalter noun A dealer in gums, dyes, etc, or (obsolete) in salted or dry meats, pickles, etc dryˈsaltery noun dry service see dry Mass above. dryˈ-shod adjective and adverb Without wetting the shoes or feet dry ski noun An adaptation of a ski with which one can practise skiing on a dry surface dry skiing noun dry steam noun Steam unmixed with liquid drops dryˈ-stone adjective Built of stone without mortar, as some walls dryˈ-stove noun A kind of hot-house with dry heat dry'suit noun A close-fitting air- and watertight synthetic suit for wearing in esp cold water, that retains warmth by a layer of air, and allows clothing to be worn underneath it dryˈ-transfer lettering noun Lettering on the back of a plastic sheet that can be rubbed down onto paper, etc dryˈwall noun (US) Plasterboard dryˈ-wallˈer noun A person who builds walls without mortar dryˈ-washˈ noun The bed of an intermittent stream cut and dried or cut and dry see under cut dry out (informal) To take or give a course of treatment to cure oneself or another person of alcoholism dry up
go dry To adopt liquor prohibition high and dry see under high1 the dry (sometimes with cap; Aust informal) The dry season in central and N Australia |
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