a.

1. 乾的；乾燥的
   The paint is not yet dry.

   油漆還未乾。

2. 乾旱的
   That state has a dry climate in winter.

   該州冬天氣候乾燥。

3. （使）口渴的
4. （麵包等）不塗奶油（果醬）的[B]
   He managed to swallow a little soup and dry toast.

   他設法吞下一點湯和不塗奶油的土司。

5. 無淚的
6. （酒等）不甜的，無果味的
   She asked for a dry martini.

   她要了一杯乾馬丁尼酒。

7. 乾枯的；（母牛）無奶的
8. 禁酒的
   The ship was dry and no liquor was allowed.

   船上是禁酒的，不准賣含酒精的飲料。

9. （玩笑，幽默）一本正經表達出來的；不露感情的
   He had a good sense of humor and his dry accounts of the encounter delighted his listeners.

   他很有幽默感，他對這次遭遇的不動聲色的敘述給他的聽眾帶來許多樂趣。

10. 枯燥乏味的
    It is a dry novel.

    那是本枯燥無味的小說。

vt.

1. 把……弄乾；使乾燥
   She dried her tears with a handkerchief.

   她用手帕擦乾了眼淚。

2. 曬乾；風乾
   They sat in front of the fire to dry their wet clothes.

   他們坐在爐火前以烘乾他們的濕衣服。

vi.

1. 乾，變乾
   Clothes dry slowly in the rainy season.

   衣服在雨季不易乾。

n.

1. 【俚】信服柴契爾夫人的政治意識的保守政客

adj.

1. free from moisture or liquid.
   ▸not yielding water, oil, or milk:

   a dry well.
   ▸without grease or other moisturizer or lubricator:

   dry hair.
2. (of information, writing, etc.) dully factual.
   ▸unemotional or undemonstrative.
3. (of humour) subtle and expressed in a matter-of-fact way.
4. prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink.
   ▸no longer drinking alcohol.
5. (of wine) not sweet.

v.

1. become or make dry.
   ▸ [usu. as adj. dried] preserve by evaporating the moisture from:

   dried milk.
2. (dry up) (of a supply or flow) decrease and stop.
3. theatrical slang forget one's lines.
   ▸ (dry up) informal cease talking.
4. (dry out) informal overcome alcoholism.

n.

1. (the dry) chiefly Austral. the dry season.
   ▸a tract of waterless country.
2. Brit. a Conservative politician (especially in the 1980s) in favour of strict monetarist policies.
3. US a person in favour of the prohibition of alcohol.

[名]

1. ①吹風。
   전기 드라이.

   吹風機。

2. ②乾洗。
   양복을 드라이하다.

   乾洗西裝。

衍生