desiccate
英 ['desɪkeɪt]
美['dɛsɪ,ket]
- vi. 变干
- vt. 使干；干贮
英英释义
- 1. preserve by removing all water and liquids from;
- "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
- 2. remove water from;
- "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
- 3. lose water or moisture;
- "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
英文词源
- desiccate
- desiccate: see sack
- desiccate (v.)
- 1570s (past participle adjective desicatt is attested from early 15c.), from Latin desiccatus, past participle of desiccare "to make very dry" (see desiccation). Related: Desiccated; desiccating.