dry out

乾かす、乾燥させる

物から水分の全部、または大部分を取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To remove all or most of the water from something.

• The sun will dry out the towels.
• The hot air dried out my skin.
• Can we dry these boots out by the fire?

使い方： dry something out (The heater dried my shoes out overnight.)

類義語： dry, dehydrate

反対語： moisten, wet

よく使う表現： dry out clothes, dry out something, dry something out

乾く、乾燥する

水分や湿気がなくなって、乾いた状態になる。

やさしい英語で： To lose water or moisture and become dry.

• My shoes need to dry out.
• The soil dried out during the hot summer.
• Keep the lid on so the bread does not dry out.

類義語： dry, dehydrate

よく使う表現： dry out completely, dry out quickly, dry out overnight

酔いをさます、薬物を断つ

酒や薬物をやめて影響から回復する、またはその手助けをする。

やさしい英語で： To stop using alcohol or drugs and recover from their effects, or help someone do this.

• He went to a clinic to dry out.
• She dried out after years of heavy drinking.
• They helped him dry out before he returned home.

使い方： dry out in somewhere (He spent several weeks drying out in a clinic.); dry someone out (The clinic helped dry him out.)

類義語： sober up, detox

よく使う表現： dry out somewhere, dry someone out

オイルが薄くなる

ボウリングのレーンの油が薄くなり、球の動きが変わる。

やさしい英語で： When a bowling lane does this, its oil covering becomes thinner and changes how balls move.

• The bowling lane began to dry out.
• As the lanes dried out, our balls curved more.
• These lanes dry out faster when many players use them.

よく使う表現： dry out gradually, dry out unevenly