Dryness

(noun.) the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).

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• And there have been periods of great wetness and periods of great dryness throughout the earth. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They understood the virtue of extreme dryness in the exercise of their antiseptic art. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• This can be demonstrated by evaporating the neutral liquid to dryness and examining the residue of solid matter, which proves to be common salt. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• There was that beginning of a feeling of dryness in the nose that meant the day would be hot later on. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• When Elinor had ceased to rejoice in the dryness of the season, a very awful pause took place. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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