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这里为大家介绍下drought 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

音标：[ draut ]名词复数:droughts

中英文翻译

n.

1.旱灾，干旱。

2.〔比喻〕(长期的)缺乏。

3.〔古语〕干渴；干燥。

短语和例子

a prolonged drought 天久不雨，长期干旱。 a drought of good writing 长期缺乏好作品。

a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

同义词：drouth,

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

同义词：drouth,

Drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply whether surface or underground water. Generally, this occurs when a region receives consistently below average precipitation.

例句与用法

1.The drought translated into widespread hunger .

干旱导致广泛的缺粮。

2.The water-table has been lowered by drought .

地下水位因干旱已降低。

3.The crops failed because of drought .

由于旱灾的关系，农作物歉收。

4.Some of these droughts must have been severe .

有一些旱灾想必是严重的。

5.Week after week the drought continued .

干旱持续了许多星期。

6.The crops died during the drought .

干旱期间庄稼都枯死了。

7.The reservoir was very low after the long drought .

久旱之后水库的水位很低了。

8.For a long time we had a drought of good writings .

在一段时期内我们缺乏好作品。

9.The leaves languished in the drought .

天旱使树叶枯萎。

10.The land ploughs hard after the drought .

旱后田难犁。

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