dry
单词辨析：
普通用词，指某事物或某人因毫无趣味、吸引力而让人感到乏味的、无聊的。
The lesson was long and boring.
这一课又臭又长。
The job is boring.
这项工作枯燥乏味。
He was a boring nuisance!
他这人真讨厌！
指某事物毫无趣味的，也指缺乏令人心动的特征或品质的。
arid scientific studies
枯燥的科学研究
The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.
没多久听众就对他枯燥无味的演说感到厌烦了。
指事物了无趣味、使人感到厌烦或沮丧的。
dreary work
乏味的工作
He is tired of the politician's dreary speech.
他厌倦了那个政客的枯燥演讲。
指书籍、讲话、话题等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的，有时含贬义。
a dry debate on diplomatic policies
关于外交政策的乏味辩论
A book full of figures is rather dry.
一本满是数据的书读起来很枯燥乏味。
作此义解时，通常只能用来形容事物，指因缺乏新鲜感、吸引力而显得乏味、沉闷的。
He doesn't believe that it will be a dull party.
他认为那不会是一次乏味的聚会。
This book is rather dull.
这本书很枯燥。
指没有变化、重复单调的。
a monotonous job/voice
单调的工作/声音
It is one of the most monotonous sounds of the spring.
这是春天里最单调的声音之一。
相关例句：
For breakfast, they had dry bread and tea.
他们早餐吃了无黄油的面包，还喝了茶。
Pat it dry with a soft towel
用柔软的毛巾将它拍干。
When he crept back to his desk, he heard the dry voice of Father Laurence.
当他轻手轻脚地回到读经台时，他听到了劳伦斯神父冷冰冰的声音。
To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, it must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.
随着大型油井的枯竭，要想从北海的石油和天然气开采中盈利，必须着力于开采小储量的油井。
Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production
去年罕见的干旱天气已导致农业减产。
Gujurat has been a totally dry state for the past thirty years.
在过去的30年里古吉拉特一直是完全禁酒的一个州。