中英互译
drought
英 /draʊt/美 /draʊt/
基本释义
- n.长期缺乏,严重短缺;<古>口渴;干旱,旱灾
- 人名 (Drought)(英)德劳特(人名)
复数droughts
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词语例句
干旱,旱灾n.
六级四级A prolonged drought had necessitated the introduction of water rationing.
一场持续的干旱使定量供水的引进成为必需。
The drought there is stretching resources.
那里的干旱正在耗尽财力物力。
California has been facing a drought for many years now, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system.
加州多年来一直面临干旱,某些地区甚至不得不从数百英里外的分配系统抽取淡水。
- Week after week the drought continued.干旱持续了好多个星期。来自《牛津词典》
- During the drought the river dried up.旱灾期间,河流都干涸了。来自《牛津词典》
- The drought there is stretching resources.那里的干旱正在耗尽财力物力。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- drought resistance耐旱性,抗旱性
- drought relief干旱救灾
- drought control抗旱;防旱
- a severe drought严重旱灾
- goal drought进球荒;入球荒;球荒
- Drought control防旱;防旱抗旱
- drought resistance抗旱性;耐旱性;抗旱能力;抗旱力
- drought region干旱地区;干旱区
- soil drought土壤干旱
词语扩展
词义分布
干旱
81.1%
旱灾
15.6%
旱
2.6%
乾旱
0.7%
英英释义
- n.a shortage of rainfall
- n.a prolonged shortage
- n.a long period of time with no rain
久旱;旱灾- The drought has killed all their crops.发生了旱灾,他们的庄稼都死了。
词源
- drought来自古英语drūġaþ. 同源于荷兰语droogte, 低地德语Dröögde.
- drought旱灾词源同dry, 干的,干旱的。引申义旱灾。
- drought旱灾,干旱来源于史前日耳曼语draug-, drug-。 同源词:dry, drain