| 单词 | arid |
| 释义 | aridWord family nounaridityadverbaridlyadjectivearid Meteorology, Geography ar·id /ˈærɪd/ adjectiveadj 1 DRYarid land or an arid climate is very dry because it has very little rain 〔土地或气候〕干燥的，干旱的 Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions. 五大湖中的水被输往干旱地区。 2 USELESSnot having any new, interesting, or exciting features or qualities 无创见的，无新意的 My mind was arid, all inspiration gone. 我才思枯竭，灵感尽失。 —aridity /əˈrɪdəti/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus arid• Balloon pilot John Bagwell likes to surprise tourists with this unexpected greenery in the arid center of Arizona.• an arid climate• Much of Namibia is arid country and only fit for raising goats.• This form developed bipedalism and other adaptations to the newly opening arid savannah landscape and eventually became the ancestor of man.• The birds inhabit tropical forests, savannah, and arid semi-desert conditions.• In the arid summer, the landscape becomes brown and dusty.• The region is an arid wasteland. arid regions• In arid regions, rainfall above the average one year will produce a particularly thick annual ring. (1600-1700) French aride, from Latin aridus |
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