a.

1. 干的；干燥的
   The paint is not yet dry.

   油漆还未干。

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

   该州冬天气候干燥。

3. （使）口渴的
4. （面包等）不涂奶油（果酱）的[B]
   He managed to swallow a little soup and dry toast.

   他设法吞下一点汤和不涂奶油的土司。

5. 无泪的
6. （酒等）不甜的，无果味的
   She asked for a dry martini.

   她要了一杯干马提尼酒。

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

   船上是禁酒的，不准卖含酒精的饮料。

9. （玩笑、幽默）一本正经表达出来的；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，他对这次遭遇的不动声色的叙述给他的听众带来许多乐趣。

10. 枯燥乏味的
    It is a dry novel.

    那是本枯燥无味的小说。

vt.

1. 把……弄干；使干燥
   She dried her tears with a handkerchief.

   她用手帕擦干了眼泪。

2. 晒干；风干
   They sat in front of the fire to dry their wet clothes.

   他们坐在炉火前以烘干他们的湿衣服。

vi.

1. 干，变干
   Clothes dry slowly in the rainy season.

   衣服在雨季不易干。

n.

1. 【俚】信服撒切尔夫人的政治意识的保守政客

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.