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desiccate vt. 使干,干贮
vi. 变干 使干,干贮变干 desiccate adj 1: 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 [ synonym: { arid}, { desiccate}, { desiccated}] v 1: preserve by removing all water and liquids from; " carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" [ synonym: { dehydrate}, { desiccate}] 2: remove water from; " All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" [ synonym: { dehydrate}, { desiccate}] 3: lose water or moisture; " In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" [ synonym: { exsiccate}, { dehydrate}, { dry up}, { desiccate}] [ ant: { hydrate}] Desiccate \ Des" ic* cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Desiccating}.] [ L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- siccare to dry, siccus dry. See { Sack} wine.] To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. [ 1913 Webster] Bodies desiccated by heat or age. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster]
Desiccate \ Des" ic* cate\, v. i. To become dry. [ 1913 Webster] 71 Moby Thesaurus words for " desiccate": air- dry, anhydrate, bake, blast- freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn, corn, cure, decay, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, diminish, divest, drain, droop, dry, dry up, dry- cure, dry- salt, embalm, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fire, flag, freeze, freeze- dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, languish, marinade, marinate, mummify, parch, pickle, pine, preservatize, quick- freeze, refrigerate, rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrink, shrivel, smoke, smoke- cure, soak up, sponge, stuff, sun, sun- dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen
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