drought

英 [draʊt] 美 [draʊt]

• n. 干旱

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. 干旱(时期)

   (period of) continuous dry weather, especially when there is not enough water for people's needs

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 缺乏
2. 干旱（时期）
3. 旱灾
4. 不足
5. 旱季
6. 枯竭
7. 久旱
8. 长期干旱
9. 缺乏
10. （口）渴

英英释义

Noun:

1. a shortage of rainfall;

   "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
   

2. a prolonged shortage;

   "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The long drought famished many people.
   久旱使很多人陷入饥饿。
2. Famine is often the sequel to war or drought.
   饥荒往往是战争或干旱造成的。
3. We have not enough food to eat because of the drought.
   因为旱灾，我们没有足够的食物可吃。
4. The soil is cracking up because of the drought.
   土地因干旱而正在龟裂。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The stream ran dry in drought.
   干旱时这条小溪干了。
2. The crops failed because of the drought.
   干旱造成农作物歉收。

经典引文

• The burning drouth Of that long desert to the south.

  出自： Tennyson

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• combat drought 抗旱

形容词+～

• financial drought 财政枯竭
• prolonged drought 长期干旱

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的drugath，意为使干透。

近反义词

【近义词】

• deficiency 缺乏
• dearth 缺乏
• scarcity 缺乏
• lack 缺乏
• shortage 不足
• famine 饥荒
• aridity 干旱
• waterlessness 干燥
• dehydration 脱水
• insufficiency 缺乏
• scarceness 缺乏,稀少
• scantiness 缺乏
• paucity 少数
• depletion 消耗
• barrenness 不毛
• want 要
• dry spell 干旱期
• spell 拼写
• dry 干的
• drouth 干旱

【反义词】

• wet 湿的