desiccate['desikeit]

• vt.
  • 把…弄干，使干(燥)，使完全干燥；使脱水：

    The bricks were desiccated by the sun.

    砖块被太阳晒干了。

  • 用干燥法保存(食物)，干贮(食物)；晒干；烘干；烤干：

    to desiccate the vines

    晒干葡萄

  • 使智力枯竭；使…的感情枯竭

    to desiccate an idea

    使一种思想枯燥乏味

• vi.
  • 变成完全干燥，变干；变枯竭：

    The old sailor's skin has desiccated from years of being out in the sun and the wind.

    由于老水手长年在外受日晒，饱经风霜，他的皮肤变干燥了。

• adj.
  • 枯燥无味的；毫无生气的；无精打采的
• 变形:

  vt.desiccated.desiccating