desiccate + noun
作定语，放在名词前，说明该事物已失去水分。
The desiccate husks rattled in the wind.
干枯的谷壳在风中沙沙作响。
已除去水分的；脱水的,干燥的。
Having had moisture removed; dehydrated.
已除去水分的；脱水的,干燥的。
Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.
The desiccate lecture left the audience feeling uninspired.
这场枯燥的讲座让听众感到毫无灵感。
用法提示：desiccate 作形容词，表示“枯燥无味的”，修饰 lecture。
His desiccate writing style lacks any emotional depth.
他枯燥的写作风格缺乏任何情感深度。
用法提示：desiccate 作形容词，表示“缺乏生气的”，修饰 writing style。
The desiccate landscape offered no comfort to the weary travelers.
这片毫无生气的景观没有给疲惫的旅行者带来任何安慰。
用法提示：desiccate 作形容词，表示“无生机的”，修饰 landscape。
作定语，放在名词前，说明该事物已失去水分。
The desiccate husks rattled in the wind.
干枯的谷壳在风中沙沙作响。
作表语，多与 be、become、remain 等连系动词搭配。
After months without rain, the riverbed became desiccate.
数月无雨后，河床变得干枯。
作宾语补足语，表示外因使某物变得干燥。
The hot wind left the grapes desiccate on the vine.
热风使藤上的葡萄变得干瘪。
grammar · medium
易错句子The desicated coconut is used in baking.
正确表达The desiccated coconut is used in baking.
desiccate 的拼写是 d-e-s-i-c-c-a-t-e，中间的 c 必须双写；受读音影响，学习者常只写一个 c，写成 desicated 就是拼写错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子Desiccate causes the soil to crack in dry weather.
正确表达Desiccation causes the soil to crack in dry weather.
这个位置作句子主语，需要名词，而 desiccate 是形容词，不能充当主语；表示“脱水、变干”这一过程的名词是 desiccation，改用它句子才有合法的名词中心词。
grammar · medium
易错句子She desiccated her whole life to teaching.
正确表达She dedicated her whole life to teaching.
desiccate 表示“使脱水、使干燥”，与 dedicate（把……奉献给）拼写相近但意义完全不同；“把一生奉献给某事”只能用 dedicate，用 desiccate 会变成“把一生弄干”，语义不通。
desecrate 是动词，指亵渎神明、圣地、墓穴等神圣事物；desiccate 是形容词，意为“已除去水分的、干燥的”。两词拼写只差一个字母、读音也相近，但意思毫无关联，注意不要混用。
dehydrated 可以形容人因失水而脱水，也可以形容经人工去除水分的食品；desiccate 偏技术、书面语，多形容食物、土壤或比喻义上“枯竭的”事物，一般不直接形容人的身体状况。形容食品时两者都成立，只是 dehydrated 更常出现在日常商品标签上，desiccate 更多见于技术或书面描述。
desiccant 是名词，指吸收水分的干燥剂（如包装里的硅胶小包）；desiccate 是形容词，描述“已脱水干燥的”状态。看到 -ant 结尾通常是表示物质的名词，不要把它当成形容词来修饰名词。
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