desiccating v. 使脱水,变干(desiccate 的现在分词)
- The top of the tsingy is arid and bare, while the canyon bottoms, shielded from the desiccating sun, collect rain and soil.
黥基的顶部是干旱和赤裸的,而被遮蔽干燥的阳光的峡谷底部汇集雨水和土壤。 - Now we could see the grey sand of a beach, and the spare white limbs of trees on the foreshore, gaunt survivors of the desiccating effects of wind and sun.
现在我们可以看见灰色的沙滩,还有湖边白色的树干,在阳光暴晒和风吹双重催干作用下幸存下来,尽管已经瘦弱不堪。 - The desiccating machines manufactured by this factory are reliable.
这个厂生产的去湿机质量信得过。
Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Desiccated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiccating}.] [L. desiccatus,
p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus
dry. See {Sack} wine.]
To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by
drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
Bodies desiccated by heat or age. --Bacon.