Word · Frequency #1665
dries
干旱地区；避雨处
dries is the plural of dry.
核心释义
An area with little rain, or a place sheltered from rain.
- 1.
干燥的过程
The process by which something is dried.
- 2.
反对饮用含酒精饮料的改革者
a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- 3.
少雨或无雨的地区
An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
- 4.
无糖姜汁汽水
Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
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
用法In use
My grandfather was a dry who never allowed alcohol in his house.
用法提示：dry作为名词，表示禁酒主义者
The local drys campaigned to keep the town alcohol-free.
用法提示：drys是dry的复数形式，指禁酒主义者们
As a committed dry, she refused to attend events where liquor was served.
用法提示：dry作为名词，描述主张禁酒的人
in the dry
固定搭配，指淋不到雨的地方，前面通常用 in。
Come and stand in the dry until the rain passes.
过来站在避雨的地方，等雨停了再走。
a dry
作可数名词，指主张禁酒的人；复数常写作 drys。
He is a dry and never touches alcohol.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- dry run
- 预演；排练；试运行Let's do a dry run of the presentation before the meeting.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
注意：复数形式为 dries。
发音与拼写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/。
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级Usage priority
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.