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When the soil is dry, more moisture is lost from the plant.

土壤干燥时，植物就会失去更多的水分。

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There wasn't a dry eye in the house when they announced their engagement.

他们宣布订婚时大伙眼睛全湿啦。

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She says the only work needed once beets have been thinned is weeding and, when the weather is dry, a weekly watering.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

Scientists say the presence of iron in the rock shows that the weather was hot and dry when the rock was first formed.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Unlike competing noise-cancelling headphones, the Harman Kardon headphones continue to play when the battery runs dry.

ENGADGET: Harman Kardon trots out five iPhone-matching headsets, keeps you in high Apple fashion

This last is followed by a rubric suggesting that it's already time to start worrying about where to go when the earth boils dry.

ECONOMIST: Nice picture. Where to next?

We were out on the field on Friday when the pitch was dry and we talked about a bit of a game plan to play expansively.

BBC: SPORT | Rugby Union | Six Nations | Murphy: A better Murrayfield day