bone-dry
معنی کامل و مثالها
/bōn´drī´/adj.
● خیلی خشک، خشکیده
due to a shortage of rain the soil is bone-dry
در اثر بیبارانی زمین کاملا خشک شده است.
● کسی که لب به مشروب الکلی نمیزند، جایی که نوشیدن مواد الکلی در آن قدغن است
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”