dehydration

英 [ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪʃən]

美 [ˌdihaɪˈdreɪʃən]

n.  脱水

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BNC.20353 / COCA.14596

柯林斯词典

• VERB (常指为便于保存而）使(食品等)脱水，使干燥
  When something such as foodis dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
  1. Normally specimens have to be dehydrated.
     标本通常需要经过干燥处理。
• V-ERG (使)（身体）脱水
  If youdehydrateor if somethingdehydratesyou, you lose too much water from your body so that you feel weak or ill.
  1. People can dehydrate in weather like this...
     人们在这样的天气下可能会脱水。
  2. Alcohol quickly dehydrates your body.
     酒精会让身体迅速脱水。

英英释义

noun

• the process of extracting moisture
  Synonym:desiccationdrying upevaporation
• depletion of bodily fluids
• dryness resulting from the removal of water
  Synonym:desiccation

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