dehydrate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dehydrate | |
| he / she / it dehydrates | |
| past simple dehydrated | |
| past participle dehydrated | |
| -ing form dehydrating |
- [transitive, usually passive] dehydrate something
to remove the water from something, especially food, in order to preserve it 使（食物）脱水 - [intransitive, transitive]
to lose too much water from your body; to make a person’s body lose too much water （身体）失水，脱水；使（身体）脱水 Runners can dehydrate very quickly in this heat. 天这样热，赛跑运动员很快会脱水。 - dehydrate somebody
the dehydrating effects of alcohol 酒精引起的脱水
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from de- (expressing removal) + Greek hudros, hudr- ‘water’.