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(leave sb / sth) high and drya. if someone is left high and dry, they are left without any help or without the things that they need（使某人/某物）孤立无援，陷入困境b. if a boat, area etc is left high and dry, it is left on land because the water that surrounded it has gone down〔船〕搁浅;〔地方〕高出水面:•The once-thriving port of Rye was left high and dry as sea levels retreated.一度繁荣的拉伊港由于海面下降变成了旱港。 |