N-UNCOUNT When you do the drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed. (洗完后)擦干 [美国英语] [also 'the' N]
A merry spring wind was blowing, drying up the damp places in the shadow.
春风欢快地吹着，吹干了阴暗中潮湿的地方。
The drying up of what is now the Sahara desert had pushed many peoples to the south into sub-Sahara Africa.
如今撒哈拉大沙漠的干涸迫使许多人迁移到撒哈拉以南的非洲。
Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land in search of water.
水库正在干涸，农民开始离开田地去寻找水源。
Rivers are drying up, grazing land for cattle is scarce, and the dry soil is hard to farm.
VOA: standard.2010.04.01
And although known oil supplies are drying up, Yemen has begun exporting liquefied natural gas.
VOA: standard.2010.04.20
Look at our lakes, they are drying up. Look at our rivers, they are drying up.' And I think,by extension, the same with other African countries.
VOA: standard.2009.10.13
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