desiccated

美['d?s?ket?d]
  • adj. 干的（等于desiccate）；粉狀的
  • v. 使干燥（desiccate的過(guò)去式）；變干

英英釋意

1. thoroughly dried out;
"old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"
"dried-out boards beginning to split"
2. preserved by removing natural moisture;
"dried beef"
"dried fruit"
"dehydrated eggs"
"shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
3. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless;
"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"
"a desiccate romance"
"a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo