dehydrate

英 [diː'haɪdreɪt] 美 [diː'haɪdreɪt]

• v. 脱水；去水

英英释义

Verb:

1. preserve by removing all water and liquids from;

   "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
   

2. remove water from;

   "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
   

3. lose water or moisture;

   "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. People can very quickly dehydrate in the desert.
   人在沙漠里很快就会脱水。
2. Her body had dehydrated dangerously with the heat.
   她因受酷热身体脱水。
3. When I forget to water my plants, they dehydrate and die.
   如果我忘记给花浇水，他们就会缺水而死。

经典引文

• Regular lunches..instead of dehydrated plastic steaks.

  出自： L. Gould

• A series of rather dehydrated arguments between..intellectual types.

  出自：Times

近反义词

【近义词】

• desiccate （使）干
• dry up （使）干涸
• dry out (使)干透
• parch 烘
• exsiccate 使干燥

【反义词】

• hydrate 水化物