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。
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
An area with little rain, or a place sheltered from rain.
干燥的过程
The process by which something is dried.
反对饮用含酒精饮料的改革者
a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
少雨或无雨的地区
An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
无糖姜汁汽水
Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
My grandfather was a dry who never allowed alcohol in his house.
我的祖父是个禁酒主义者，从不让家里有酒。
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.
当地的禁酒主义者们发起运动，旨在保持该镇无酒精。
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.
作为一名坚定的禁酒主义者，她拒绝参加提供酒类的活动。
用法提示：dry作为名词，描述主张禁酒的人
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。
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.
他是个禁酒主义者，从不沾酒。
grammar · medium
易错句子My uncle was dry, so he voted for Prohibition.
正确表达My uncle was a dry, so he voted for Prohibition.
误把名词 dry（禁酒主义者）当作形容词，漏掉了不定冠词。dry 作名词表示‘禁酒主义者’时是可数名词，单数前必须加 a/an；形容词 dry 没有这个意思。
grammar · medium
易错句子The animals hide in dry during the rainy season.
正确表达The animals hide in the dry during the rainy season.
误将固定短语 the dry（干燥的地方/旱季）中的定冠词省略。the dry 是名词短语，表示‘干燥处’或‘旱季’，必须带 the，不能单独使用 dry。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many dry in the desert.
正确表达There are many dries in the desert.
误将可数名词 dry 的复数形式写成单数。dry 作名词表示‘干燥地区’时是可数名词，前面有 many 修饰时必须用复数形式 dries（或 drys）。
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。
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。
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。
与 dry 的“禁酒主义者”含义同属禁酒运动。
禁酒令时期是 dry（禁酒主义者）活跃的历史背景。
dry 作为名词指反对饮用含酒精饮料的人。
dry 在词典释义中正是反对饮酒的改革者。
禁酒运动常用 temperance movement 表达，dry 是其中的主张者。
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。
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。
孤立无援；陷入困境
Her car broke down on the highway and left her high and dry.
她的车在高速公路上抛锚了，让她孤立无援。
《The Dry》是澳大利亚作家简·哈珀的犯罪小说及其同名改编电影；片名中的 dry 是名词，指澳大利亚干旱缺雨的内陆地区。
The dry covers much of inland Australia.
干旱地带覆盖了澳大利亚内陆的大部分地区。
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