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use a drier to do sth
作名词时，drier 指干燥设备，如吹风机、烘干机。
She used a drier to dry her hair.
她用吹风机吹干了头发。
干燥剂；催干剂
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
干燥剂；催干剂
a substance that promotes drying
She used a drier to dry her hair.
她用吹风机吹干了头发。
干燥机；干燥剂
n a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)；n an appliance that removes moisture；a free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet；s humorously sarcastic or mocking；a lacking moisture or volatile components；a opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages；a not producing milk；a (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation；a without a mucous or watery discharge; a small child with a dry nose"；s not shedding tears；s lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless；s used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones；s unproductive especially of the expected results；s having no adornment or coloration；s (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish；s having a large proportion of strong liquor；s lacking warmth or emotional involvement；s practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; I happen to be teetotal"
After the swim, I put my towel in the drier so it would be ready for the next morning.
游泳之后，我把毛巾放进烘干机，这样第二天早上就能用了。
The drier in the basement uses electricity to remove moisture from a full load of clothes.
地下室的烘干机用电除去满满一筒衣服的湿气。
We bought a small drier last month to keep in the garage.
上个月我们买了一台小型烘干机放在车库里。
作名词时，drier 指干燥设备，如吹风机、烘干机。
She used a drier to dry her hair.
她用吹风机吹干了头发。
作名词时，drier 也指干燥剂、催干剂，即能促进干燥的物质。
Add a drier to the paint so it dries faster.
往油漆里加催干剂，这样它干得更快。
作形容词时，drier 是 dry 的比较级，表示“更干燥的”。
The desert is drier than the coast.
沙漠比沿海地区更干燥。
作形容词时，drier and drier 表示“越来越干”，强调程度递增。
The soil became drier and drier after weeks of no rain.
几周没下雨后，土壤变得越来越干。
Not this
Drier is used to dry clothes.
Use this
A drier is used to dry clothes.
“drier”是可数名词，单数形式前需要冠词；汉语没有冠词，学习者常漏掉。加上“a”表示“一台干燥机”，句子才符合英语可数名词的用法。
Not this
A drier remove moisture from the air.
Use this
A drier removes moisture from the air.
主语“A drier”是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词要加“-s”；汉语动词没有第三人称单数变化，所以容易漏掉。加“-s”后主谓一致。
Not this
This towel is more drier than that one.
Use this
This towel is drier than that one.
“drier”本身已是“dry”的比较级，不能再加“more”。汉语用“更”修饰形容词，不涉及词形变化，学习者易受母语影响叠加“more”。直接用“drier”即可。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
衣物烘干机
I put the wet clothes in the clothes drier.
我把湿衣服放进衣物烘干机。
吹风机
She used a hair drier to style her hair.
她用吹风机做发型。
滚筒烘干机
This fabric shrinks in the tumble drier, so I let it air-dry instead.
这种面料在滚筒烘干机会缩水，所以我让它自然晾干。
干手器
The public restroom has a hand drier instead of paper towels.
公共洗手间有干手器，没有纸巾。
脱水机
This spin drier removes most of the water from the laundry quickly.
这台脱水机能快速去掉衣物里大部分水分。
Use drier naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
谐音联想：drier ≈ dry + -er，即“使变干的（设备/剂）”，可想象干燥剂把湿气“拽”走。
语域：neutral 常见场景：化学实验、工业干燥、家电说明 该词作名词时通常指干燥剂或干燥设备，多用于技术说明、产品说明等场合；语气比较中性，正式和非正式语境都适用。
All six words rhyme with drier /ˈdraɪə/: stressed /aɪ/ plus final /ə/. Beware lookalikes ending in -ier that are pronounced /iər/, e.g. carrier /ˈkæriər/ and busier /ˈbɪziər/, which do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.