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desiccate vt. 使干,干贮
vi. 变干 使干,干贮变干 desiccate adj 1: 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 [synonym: {arid}, {desiccate}, {desiccated}] v 1: preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip" [synonym: {dehydrate}, {desiccate}] 2: remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me" [synonym: {dehydrate}, {desiccate}] 3: lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly" [synonym: {exsiccate}, {dehydrate}, {dry up}, {desiccate}] [ant: {hydrate}] 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. [1913 Webster] Bodies desiccated by heat or age. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Desiccate \Des"ic*cate\, v. i. To become dry. [1913 Webster] 71 Moby Thesaurus words for "desiccate":
air-dry, anhydrate, bake, blast-freeze, blot, brine, brush, burn, corn, cure, decay, dehumidify, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, diminish, divest, drain, droop, dry, dry up, dry-cure, dry-salt, embalm, evaporate, exhaust, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fire, flag, freeze, freeze-dry, fume, insolate, irradiate, jerk, kiln, kipper, languish, marinade, marinate, mummify, parch, pickle, pine, preservatize, quick-freeze, refrigerate, rub, salt, scorch, sear, season, shrink, shrivel, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sponge, stuff, sun, sun-dry, swab, torrefy, towel, weazen, wilt, wipe, wither, wizen
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