drought

英 [draʊt]

美 [draʊt]

n.  久旱; 旱灾

复数：droughts　

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牛津词典

noun

• 久旱；旱灾
  a long period of time when there is little or no rain
  1. two years of severe drought
     两年的严重旱灾
  2. one of the worst droughts on record
     有记载以来最严重的旱灾之一

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 久旱;旱灾
  Adroughtis a long period of time during which no rain falls.
  1. Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here.
     旱灾和饥荒夺去了这里200万人的生命。
  2. He told a press conference that Spain was suffering one of the worst droughts of the century.
     他在记者招待会上说西班牙正遭受着本世纪最严重的旱灾之一。

英英释义

noun

• a shortage of rainfall
  1. farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season
  Synonym:drouth
• a prolonged shortage
  1. when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought
  Synonym:drouth

双语例句

• Money and food were sent to the impoverished drought victims.
  给贫困的灾民送去了救济金和粮食。
• The drought is serious.
  旱情严重。
• The drought there is the worst in a century.
  这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
• Last summer's drought is a distant memory.
  去年夏天的旱灾已成为遥远的记忆。
• They were already under stress, thanks to the aftershock of last year's drought.
  去年遭受的旱灾让他们心有余悸、倍感忧虑。
• Millions of people are threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poor harvests.
  几百万人因干旱和歉收而受到饥饿的威胁。
• The only reason I was divining for water was because of the drought.
  我之所以探寻水源是因为发生了旱灾。
• More than seven million people have been affected by drought.
  已有超过700万的民众受到旱灾的影响。
• The summer drought has dealt a heavy blow to the government's economic record
  夏季的干旱已经对政府的经济业绩造成了沉重打击。
• True, the drought is serious, but it can't scare us.
  旱情诚然是严重的，但它吓不倒我们。