drought

drought什么意思,drought翻译

基本解释

n.: 旱灾；枯竭；旱季；【气】干旱
网络: 乾旱；天旱；缺乏

权威解释

• 久旱；旱灾:

  a long period of time when there is little or no rain

英汉解释

• 〈比喻〉(长期的)缺乏;枯竭

• 【气】干旱;旱灾;旱季

词性分析

• 复数：droughts

同义词

n.dearthdeficiencyfaminelackscarcity

反义词

n.abundanceflood

例句

• "Our researchers are now working to develop stress-resistant crops that are drought-tolerant, heat-tolerant and saline-resistant, " he said.

  维尔萨克指出：“我们的研究人员正在努力开发耐旱、耐热和耐盐碱的抗灾作物。”

• A study by Galkayo University, which looked at the effects of drought on livestock, said the average cost of a camel in Somalia is $700.

  Galkayo大学一份关于干旱对畜牧业影响的研究显示，在索马里平均每头骆驼的价格是700美元。

• Normally at this time of year spring planting would be in full swing, but the drought has made farming impossible in parts of the province.

  通常在每年的这个时节，春耕正如火如荼，但是这场旱灾却使省内部分地区的农业生产无法正常进行。

• It had brought nothing but drought and famine.

  除了干旱和饥饿，它无法带来任何东西。

• For those of us lucky enough to always have enough food and water, it may be hard to imagine living through a drought.

  对于那些幸运的、总有足够的食物和水的人来说，很难想象在干旱之中的生活。

• The ground around the house is completely dry and cracked like the land in the Sahel Desert during the drought.

  房子周围的土地完全干旱得裂开来，就像干旱时期的萨赫勒沙漠一样。

• She said by Skype that much of the land in the drought-affected areas is not very productive even in good times.

  她在网络电话中提到，在受干旱影响的地区大多数的土地生产效益都不是很好，即使是在丰收的季节。

• But he said the drought could expand to the major grain-growing areas of the north.

  但他表示，旱情有可能扩大到北方的主要粮食产区。

• They cite events like the heat and drought of the 1930s as evidence that extreme weather is nothing new.

  他们引述了一些例子来证明极端天气事件并非什么新鲜事。

• After two years of crippling drought, things were starting to look up in the Middle East.

  经历了两年的严重旱灾后，中东地区开始出现转机。