dry up   (TTS發音)

1. become completely dry幹涸

    The lake has dried up. 那湖幹涸了。

2. lose inspiration；fail to produce words；stop talking（靈感）枯竭；忘詞；說不出話來；停止說話

    His power of invention will never dry up. 他的創造力永遠也不會枯竭。

    The play was good， but one of the actors was nervous and dried up twice in the second act. 戲演得不錯，但是有個演員太緊張了，在第2幕裡有兩次忘了台詞。

    The speaker suddenly dried up in the middle of his speech. 演講者在講話中間突然說不出話來。

    Dry up！Don't say any more！住嘴，別再說了！

    I won't dry up；I must say something about it. 我不會不說話的，我一定得對這件事發表意見。