dry up

phrasal verbphr v

a) come to an end 枯竭FINISH/COME TO AN END if a supply of something dries up, it comes to an end and no more is available 〔供应等〕耗尽，枯竭

Foreign investment may dry up.

来自国外的投资可能会枯竭。

The work soon dried up.

很快就没工作了。

b) river/lake etc 河流/湖泊等DNDRY if something such as a river dries up, the water in it disappears 干涸

Across central and west Texas, waterholes and wells have dried up.

在得克萨斯州整个中部和西部，水坑和水井都干涸了。

dry something ↔ up

Taking too much water for household use is drying up the river.

民用取水过多使这条河日益干涸。

c) stop talking 停止说话FORGET if someone dries up, they stop talking 停下来不说话，说不出话来

‘It was -’ She dried up again.

“那是——” 她又说不出来了。

Everyone became embarrassed and conversation dried up.

大家都很尴尬，谈话停了下来。

d) plates/dishes etc 盘子/碟子等 British EnglishBrEDF to rub plates, dishes etc dry with a cloth after they have been washed 用布擦干〔洗好的盘、碟等〕

dry something ↔ up

I’ll just dry up these mugs and we can have a coffee.

我把这些杯子擦干，我们就来喝咖啡。

Examples from the Corpus

dry up• The town's reservoir has nearly dried up and many homes are without water.• Last summer the river dried up and you could walk right across it.• Lake Elizabeth will not dry up, but its water level could drop.• There was one worrying moment where one of the actors seemed to dry up for a few seconds.• I dried up just as I was about to talk, even though I had been preparing the speech for weeks.

→ dry up at dry2(3)

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