desiccated
美['dɛsɪketɪd]
- adj. 干的（等于desiccate）；粉状的
- v. 使干燥（desiccate的过去式）；变干
英英释意
- 1. thoroughly dried out;
- "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"
- "dried-out boards beginning to split"
- 2. preserved by removing natural moisture;
- "dried beef"
- "dried fruit"
- "dehydrated eggs"
- "shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
- 3. 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