drying up

英 [ˈdraɪɪŋ ʌp]

美 [ˈdraɪɪŋ ʌp]

n. 擦干(厨具、餐具等)

柯林斯词典

擦干(厨具、餐具等)
When you dothe drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed.

in AM, use 美国英语用 drying

noun

At a time when deals are drying up across the region, UBS is betting that elevating Shanghai-born Mr.
在亚洲地区交易普遍干涸之际，瑞银希望晋升上海出生的蔡洪平能带来在中国市场的竞争优势。
But now the presumed cash flow on which those borrowings were based is drying up.
但目前，作为那些借款基础的预期现金流正逐渐枯竭。
Now that flood is drying up, just as China looks to focus more on job-intensive service-sector growth.
现在经济正在回升，正如中国更加关注就业导向服务业增长。
Order books are drying up.
订单正逐渐枯竭。
However, a trickle has considerably more chance of drying up completely than a flow.
但是，涓涓细流与滚滚洪流相比，有更大的可能完全枯竭。
But Trauner and Pitkowsky don't see HP's cash flows drying up anytime soon.
不过特劳纳和皮特考斯基并不认为惠普的现金流会在短期内干涸。
The river is drying up because there is no rain.
因为缺雨，这条河正在干涸。
Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land
水库逐渐干涸，农民开始背井离乡。
With the bursting of the housing bubble, home equity is drying up.
随着房产泡沫的破裂，房屋净值正在枯竭。
For most of us, a bad conference experience means drying up at the microphone.
对于我们大多数人来说，一次糟糕的会议经历无非是指在话筒面前忘词。