English Dictionary

dry

/dɹaɪ/

verb

(intransitive) To lose moisture. / (transitive) To remove moisture from. / (transitive, figuratively) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

The clothes need to dry before we can wear them.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To lose moisture.

The clothes dried on the line.

意味（2）

(transitive) To remove moisture from.

Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

意味（4）

(intransitive, informal) For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.

An actor never stumbled over his lines, he “fluffed”; he never forgot his dialogue, he “dried.”