dry

dry — 動詞

1. to become free of water or other liquid, or to cause something to become free of

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

弄乾；變乾

使潮濕的東西不再含水或變得乾燥

to become free of water or other liquid, or to cause something to become free of water or other liquid.

例句

Takeshi dried his hands with a clean towel before opening the door.

Takeshi 用乾淨的毛巾把手擦乾，才去開門。

transitive: dry + object (hands)

Mira dried her wet coat in front of the fireplace after coming inside.

Mira 進屋後，把濕外套放在壁爐前面烘乾。

transitive: dry + object (coat)

同義詞
  • air-dry

    more specific — means drying by exposure to air, not by using a towel or machine

  • towel-dry

    more specific — means drying with a towel, used for hair or body

反義詞
  • wet

    to make something wet, the opposite action

  • soak

    to put something in liquid, the reverse process

文法句型

dry + object (clothes/hands/hair)

subject + dry/dries/dried (paint/cloth/ground)

用法筆記

Object is typically something that is wet or damp: clothes, hands, hair, dishes, paint, or surfaces. The intransitive use describes the natural process of moisture disappearing (e.g., 'The ground dried after the rain stopped').

常見錯誤

❌I dried my body after swimming.
✅I dried off / dried myself after swimming.
💡For the whole body, use 'dry off' or 'dry yourself' rather than just 'dry'.
❌She dried the towel after using it.
✅She hung the towel to dry after using it.
💡'Dry' here refers to the towel becoming dry on its own, so use 'to dry' (intransitive) or 'hung…to dry'.

2. to make plates, knives, forks, glasses, or other washed kitchen items free of wa

2.動詞及物B1
釋義

擦乾（碗盤）

將洗好的餐具用布擦乾

to make plates, knives, forks, glasses, or other washed kitchen items free of water using a cloth or by letting the water drip off.

例句

Isabela dried the dishes while her brother washed them.

Isabela 在洗碗，她弟弟則負責把碗盤擦乾。

transitive: dry the dishes

After dinner, Tamar dried all the cutlery and put it back in the drawer.

晚餐後，Tamar 把所有餐具擦乾，放回抽屜裡。

transitive: dry the cutlery

同義詞
  • wipe

    broader meaning — can be used for surfaces other than dishes

文法句型

dry + object (dishes/plates/glasses/cutlery)

用法筆記

Limited to kitchen and tableware contexts. This sense is almost always transitive — you dry the dishes, not *the dishes dry (while meaning this action). For dishes drying on their own, use sense 1 intransitively.

常見錯誤

❌I need to dry the dishes dry.
✅I need to dry the dishes.
💡Redundant; 'dry' already means to make them dry.
❌She dried the dishes and put them away dry.
✅She dried the dishes and put them away.
💡The extra 'dry' is unnecessary after the verb 'dried'.

dry — 名詞

dry — 形容詞