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desiccated

美['dɛsɪketɪd]
  • adj. 干的(等于desiccate);粉状的
  • v. 使干燥(desiccate的过去式);变干

英英释意


1. thoroughly dried out;
"old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"
"dried-out boards beginning to split"
2. preserved by removing natural moisture;
"dried beef"
"dried fruit"
"dehydrated eggs"
"shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
3. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless;
"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"
"a desiccate romance"
"a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo