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desiccated

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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des·ic·cat·ed /ˈdesɪkeɪtɪd/ adjective technical  1. DFdesiccated food has been dried in order to preserve it 〔食物〕脱水的2 DRYcompletely dry 干枯的,干燥的 desiccated soil 干旱的土地
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desiccatedHowever, don't feed your feathered friends very dry bread, desiccated coconut or salty food.Scratched into this desiccated earth is an environmental warning.Mixing it with water, wind, and memory, I reconstitute the desiccated fact as a full-blown experience pulsing with life.Haemoglobin iron can be taken on its own or with desiccated liver.I suspect that some readers will recoil from Jaynes' chilly, offhand assessment of his desiccated marriage.Looking back towards the Pan-Americana, the huge mud complex appeared ringed with peaked and desiccated mountains.Marriage, that desiccated, pedantic, self-satisfied prude.
des·ic·cat·ed adjectiveChineseSyllable
in been food order desiccated to dried Corpus has


desiccated
desiccated /ˈdesəkeɪtəd, ˈdesɪkeɪtəd/ adjective technical
1. desiccated food has been dried in order to preserve it
2. completely dry:
    desiccated soil


des·ic·catedBrE /ˈdesɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdesɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 adjective(of food 食物) dried in order to preserve it 脱水的;干燥法保存的desiccated coconut椰子干(specialist) completely dry 干涸的;枯竭的treeless and desiccated soil无树的荒芜干旱土地