desiccate

🇺🇸 /ˈdɛsɪˌket/ 🇬🇧 /'desɪˌkeɪt/
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タグ RARE
verb
R

To take away the water from something to make it completely dry.

The raisins were made by desiccating grapes in the sun.

干しぶどうは太陽の下でブドウを乾燥させたものです。

R

To make something dull and uninteresting.

The long and dull speech desiccated the excitement of the crowd.

長い退屈なスピーチは群衆の興奮を吸い取った。

translation

v. 乾燥させる, 興味を失わせる

語形変化

Perfect desiccated
Progressive desiccating
3rd Present desiccates
Past desiccated