Word · Frequency #1665
dries
干旱地区；避雨处
dries is the plural of dry.
An area with little rain, or a place sheltered from rain.
- 1.
The process by which something is dried.
干燥的过程
- 2.
a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
反对饮用含酒精饮料的改革者
- 3.
An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
少雨或无雨的地区
- 4.
Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
无糖姜汁汽水
干燥；烘干；禁酒主义者；无糖姜汁汽水；干姜水；干燥的过程；反对饮用含酒精饮料的改革者
In use
My grandfather was a dry who never allowed alcohol in his house.
The local drys campaigned to keep the town alcohol-free.
As a committed dry, she refused to attend events where liquor was served.
Connections
Collocations
- in the dry
- 在避雨处；在无雨处
- Let's wait in the dry until the rain stops.我们在避雨处等到雨停吧。
- dry ginger
- 无糖姜汁汽水
- She ordered a bottle of dry ginger with ice.她点了一瓶加冰的无糖姜汁汽水。
- dries and wets
- 禁酒派与反禁酒派
- The dries and wets could not agree on the new law.禁酒派与反禁酒派在这部新法律上无法达成一致。
Idioms & figurative uses
- dry run
- 预演；排练；试运行Let's do a dry run of the presentation before the meeting.开会前我们先把演示文稿预演一遍。
- dry spell
- 低迷期；干旱期The actor has been going through a dry spell and hasn't landed a role in months.这位演员正经历事业低谷期，好几个月都没有接到角色。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
dry读近“拽”，想象把水分“拽”走，就变干；作名词可指烘干过程或干旱地区。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：outdoor conversation during rain、geography/travel discussion、informal speech 名词 dry 通常用于固定短语 the dry，多指避雨处或干旱地区。在口语中（如躲雨时）较随意；在描述气候或地理时较中性。具体含义需根据语境判断。
Grammar Note
注意：复数形式为 dries。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以字母 -y 结尾，且与 dry 一样发 /aɪ/ 音，构成真正押韵；注意不要用拼写猜测发音，如 happy、city 等词尾 -y 发 /i/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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