drying up

英 [ˈdraɪɪŋ ʌp]

美 [ˈdraɪɪŋ ʌp]

n.  擦干(厨具、餐具等)

柯林斯词典

• 擦干(厨具、餐具等)
  When you dothe drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed.

in AM, use 美国英语用 drying

英英释义

noun

• the process of extracting moisture
  Synonym:dehydrationdesiccationevaporation

双语例句

• The Treasury Secretary said he had briefed the Chinese leadership on the US economy and the risk that the banking crisis could result in credit drying up in the real economy.
  这位美国财长表示，他向中国领导层简要介绍了美国的经济状况，以及银行危机可能导致实体经济信贷枯竭的风险。
• But now the presumed cash flow on which those borrowings were based is drying up.
  但目前，作为那些借款基础的预期现金流正逐渐枯竭。
• Order books are drying up.
  订单正逐渐枯竭。
• But rubber trees are thirsty, reducing the water content in soil and drying up streams and wells& and deforestation to make way for rubber plantations is releasing huge amounts of carbon.
  但是橡胶树需要很多水，这会减少土壤中的水，让河流与水井干涸。而砍伐森林改为橡胶种植园正在释放大量的碳。
• To allow the closure of the fastest growing companies is not a loss, cash flow is drying up.
  让企业最快倒闭的亏损，是现金流枯竭。
• Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land
  水库逐渐干涸，农民开始背井离乡。
• Researchers at the unit say climate change is to blame for rivers drying up and species migrating to new habitats, causing changes in ecosystems.
  该部门的科学家说气候变化是造成河流干涸以及动物迁徙到新的栖息地的原因，这导致了生态系统的变化。
• Chavez, who also holds capitalism responsible for many of the world's problems, warned that water supplies on Earth were drying up.
  查韦斯坚持认为资本主义应该为世界上的许多问题负责任，警告地球上的水资源正在枯竭。
• Those losses go some way in explaining why credit in some areas is drying up.
  这些损失也是一些领域信贷日益枯竭的部分原因。
• Now that flood is drying up, just as China looks to focus more on job-intensive service-sector growth.
  现在经济正在回升，正如中国更加关注就业导向服务业增长。