desiccate

英['desɪˌkeɪt]美['desɪˌkeɪt]
  • v. （使）干；干贮

    • 记忆方法

    词根词缀法
    词根 sicc= dry 干 desiccant n. 干燥剂 de 使… + sicc 干 + ant …剂 → 将物体弄干的东西 → 干燥剂 desiccate v. 脱水；干燥 de 去掉 + sicc 干 + ate 做，造成，使… → 脱水；干燥 exsiccate v. 使干燥 ex 使… + sicc 干 + ate 使… → 使干燥
      verb(动词)
      1. （使）变干燥，（使）脱水
      2. （使）变枯竭

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. （使）变干燥，（使）脱水

      Intensive farming has dessicated the land.

      高度耕作使土地干涸。

      Some plants wither quickly and lose their power of recovery if allowed to desiccate.

      有些植物如果任其缺水变干，很快就会枯萎并失去恢复能力。

    2. （使）变枯竭

      The global economy is desiccating by the day.

      全球经济日益枯竭。

      He was politically and emotionally scandal.

      他在政治上和情感上都被这件丑闻弄得一筹莫展。

    小知识

    The verb desiccate means to dry out, dry up and dehydrate. It's helpful to desiccate weeds but certainly not crops.

    As anyone who's been stuck in the desert will tell you, being desiccated by the burning sun isn't much fun. Stemming from the Latin word desiccare, which means to “dry up,” desiccate also means to preserve something by drying it out. Without desiccation, raisins or beef jerky would not be possible!

    实用短语

    1. desiccate drench

      使干,使干燥

    2. desiccate wood

      烘干木材

    3. dryness tending to desiccate

      燥性干涩

    4. desiccate e

      风干,烘干

    5. desiccate milk

      奶粉

    6. liquid desiccate

      液体干燥剂脱水

    7. desiccate agent

      干燥

    8. to desiccate

      去氧化皮除鳞

    9. natural desiccate

    词根词缀

    前缀: de-

    1. 表示”去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去”等; 2. 表示”使……成为,加强”等

    • n.

      destruction 破坏

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+struct结构+ion表名词→弄坏结构→破坏

      definition 定义,解释;[轮廓影像等的]清晰度;阐明

      de使……成为,加强+fin界限+ition表名词→划出界限→定义

      design 设计,图样

      de使……成为+sign标志→使……成为标志→设计

    • v.

      decelerate 减速

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+celer速度+ate表动词→使速度变慢

      decode 破译

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+code密码→去掉密码

      defame 诽谤,中伤

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+fame名声→名声变坏→诽谤

      deforest 砍伐森林

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+forest森林→去掉森林

      delete 删除;擦掉

      de去掉+lete→v.删除;擦掉

      demobilize 遣散[军人],复员

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+mobilize动员→反过来动员→复员

      denationalize 剥夺……的国籍;解除国有化

      de去掉+nationalize国有化→v. 剥夺……的国籍;解除国有化

      depress 压制,压抑

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+press压→向下压→压制

      desalt 除去盐分

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+salt盐→去掉盐分

      dethrone 废[君],退位

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+throne皇冠→去掉皇冠→退位

      detrain 下火车

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+train火车→v.下火车

      devalue 降低价值

      de去掉,变坏,离开,变慢,向下,分开,去+value价值→去掉价值

      delimit 定界,划界

      de使……成为,加强+limit限定→加强限定

      delineate 描画

      de使……成为,加强+line线条+ate表动词→划线条→描画[轮廓]

      denude 脱去,剥夺,使裸体

      de使……成为,加强+nude裸体的→成为裸体

      depict 描绘;描写,描述

      de使……成为,加强+pict描画→成为画图→描绘

      desiccate [使]完全干涸,脱水

      de使……成为,加强+sicc干+ate表动词→弄干

      design 设计;构思

      de使……成为+sign标志→使……成为标志→设计

    同根词

    词根：desiccate

    adj.

    desiccant去湿的，使干燥的

    desiccated干的（等于desiccate）；粉状的

    n.

    desiccant[助剂] 干燥剂

    desiccation干燥

    v.

    desiccated使干燥（desiccate的过去式）；变干