dry out phrasal verbphr v a) DRYto become completely dry or to make something completely dry, especially after it has been very wet (使)干透,使〔某物〕完全变干 In summer, water the plants regularly and never let the soil dry out. 夏天要经常给植物浇水,不要让土干透。
dry something ↔ out The kitchen was flooded and it took ages to dry it out. 厨房浸了水,过了很长时间才完全变干。
b) dry (somebody) outMHDFD to stop drinking alcohol after you have become an alcoholic, or to make someone do this (使)(某人)戒酒瘾 He’s been drying out at a private clinic. 他在一家私人诊所戒酒。
The hospital dried Michael out and sent him home. 这家医院帮助迈克尔戒酒后送他回家了。
dry (somebody) out• Be careful not to dry them out.• It should help dry the thing out.• The sun on the hills would dry me out.• We are still drying them out from a recent visit to the laundry.• It was hot, and the hills were brown and dry, laid out like a pile of kindling.• Ladle thinks that drying yourself out may be an effective antiparasite strategy, a way of purging the parasites from your body.• The lights I work under can get really hot and tend to dry it out so I have to be extra careful.