"bone dry" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 干透
• 非常干燥

Definition

极其干燥，一点水分也没有。通常用来形容完全没有水或液体的东西。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

口语化、生动的表达，常用来形容天气、衣服、河流或皮肤。比单纯的“干”更夸张，用于加强语气。

Examples

After hours in the sun, the ground was bone dry.

在太阳下晒了好几个小时，地面已经**干透**了。

My lips get bone dry in the winter.

冬天我的嘴唇会变得**极其干燥**。

Make sure the paint is bone dry before touching it.

确保油漆**完全干透**后再去碰。

I accidentally left the towel outside, and now it's bone dry.

我不小心把毛巾忘在外面，现在已经**干透**了。

This riverbed is bone dry most of the year.

这条河床大部分时间都**非常干燥**。

By the end of August, the fields are always bone dry.

到八月底，田地总是**干透**的。