| 单词 | dust bowl |
| 释义 | dust bowl noun[C] uk/ˈdʌst ˌbəʊl/us/ˈdʌst ˌboʊl/anareaoflandwhere thegroundis verydryand where theairis oftenfullofdust 风沙干旱地区，干旱尘暴区Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
dust bowl| Business Englishdust bowl noun[C] ukusanareaoflandthat is sodrythat it isimpossibletogrowcropsthere: Thebleakeconomytogether with theagriculturedisasterof thedustbowlmeantmanyfamilieswereforcedtoleave. Examplesofdust bowldust bowl When alluvial soil fills an estuary, when adustbowlis created, when epidemics or epizootics occur, tremendous pressures are brought to bear upon living things. From theCambridge English Corpus I would call attention to what produced the originaldustbowl. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That was what produced thedustbowl—unregulated, thoroughly greedy farming of the land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is also interesting that countries which have suffered adustbowlhave tried to reintroduce forestry and farming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he not understand that these people view themselves as now becoming engulfed in a reservoir of despair, or as thedustbowlof society? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Soil erosion anddustbowlconditions set in and the desert gradually encroaches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 After only some months, it has deteriorated to adustbowl. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What produced thedustbowlthere? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That isdustbowlhusbandry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Farming in the area was severely impacted by thedustbowl. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The diverting of so much water from the valley transformed it from an agricultural valley into adustbowl. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are many lessons from history in every continent along these lines—the creation of great dust bowls and deserts, for example. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There, the arid dust bowls were transformed into prosperous and fertile areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is akin to the agricultural practice which led to dust bowls, where forests were ruthlessly cut down in pursuit of short-term profit without concern for the longer term. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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