bone dry
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'bone' comes from the Old English word 'ban', which is derived from the Proto-Germanic word 'bainam'. The word 'dry' comes from the Old English word 'dryge', which is derived from the Proto-Germanic word 'drugiz'.
مثال
- After being in the sun all day, the clothes were bone dry.
- The desert sand was bone dry and hot to the touch.
- The drought left the fields bone dry and barren.
ترکیبهای رایج
Bone dry clothes Bone dry desert Bone dry fields Bone dry well
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- without a trace of moisture; as dry as a weathered bone “bone-dry leaves are a fire hazard” “a drier to get the clothes bone dry”