英语词汇“absolute drought”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

absolute drought n. Meteorology (now rare) a period of at least 15 (originally †14) consecutive days in which the rainfall does not exceed one hundredth of an inch (originally, †in which there is no rainfall); cf. partial drought n. at partial adj. and n. Compounds.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > spell of

absolute drought1881

dry spell1887

1881 G. J. Symons in Brit. Rainfall 1880 112 (1) ‘Absolute Droughts’, or all periods of 14 or more consecutive days absolutely without rain; and (2) ‘Partial Droughts’, or all periods of 28 days or upwards in which the total fall was less than a quarter of an inch.

1899 Daily News 12 June 7/2 With all the dry weather we had last year there was not one case of an absolute drought in London.

2007 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 21 Apr. 13 An absolute drought in the UK is defined as a period of at least 15 consecutive days without rain.

2. spec. Dryness of the weather or climate; lack of rain. (The current sense.) absolute drought, partial drought (see quot. 1963).

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun]

droughtc1175

dryc1200

dryth1571

rainlessness1848

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c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8626 Forr þatt te land wass driȝȝedd all & scorrcnedd þurrh þe druhhþe.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 524 Ne hete, ne no harde forst, vmbre ne droȝþe.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 108 In tyme of drouȝth.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xvii (contents) A greate drouth & derth in Elias tyme.

1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces viii. 247 There happen'd..a mighty Drowth in the beginning of the Summer.

1865 A. C. Swinburne In Time of Revol. 22 The tender dew after drouth.

β. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2348 So sal drugte ðe feldes deren.c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2 Whan that Aueryll w^t his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote.?a1500 Metr. Prov. in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 323 After droght commyth rayne..after rayne, Commyth drought agayne.1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cx. 28 As, in a drought, the thirsty creatures cry, And gape upon the gather'd clowds for rain.1727 J. Thomson Summer 44 Streams unfailing in the Summer's Drought.1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (1884) v. 148 Subject to occasional and prolonged droughts.1881 G. J. Symons in British Rainfall 1880 112 (1) ‘Absolute Droughts’, or all periods of 14 or more consecutive days absolutely without rain; and (2) ‘Partial Droughts’, or all periods of 28 days or upwards in which the total fall was less than a quarter of an inch.1899 Daily News 12 June 7/2 With all the dry weather we had last year there was not one case of an absolute drought in London.1963 Meteorol. Gloss (Meteorol. Office) (ed. 4) 83 An ‘absolute drought’ is a period of at least 15 consecutive days, to none of which is credited 0·01 in., or 0·2 mm, or more of rainfall. A ‘partial drought’ is a period of at least 29 consecutive days, the mean daily rainfall of which does not exceed 0·01 in., or 0·2 mm.figurative.a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) v. 60 A drouth of Vertue, And dearth of all repentance.1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 95 The drowth, and scorching heat of persecution.1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 4 A secret spring of joy, Which mocked the droughts of Fate.

单词	absolute drought
释义	> as lemmas absolute drought absolute drought n. Meteorology (now rare) a period of at least 15 (originally †14) consecutive days in which the rainfall does not exceed one hundredth of an inch (originally, †in which there is no rainfall); cf. partial drought n. at partial adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > spell of absolute drought1881 dry spell1887 1881 G. J. Symons in Brit. Rainfall 1880 112 (1) ‘Absolute Droughts’, or all periods of 14 or more consecutive days absolutely without rain; and (2) ‘Partial Droughts’, or all periods of 28 days or upwards in which the total fall was less than a quarter of an inch. 1899 Daily News 12 June 7/2 With all the dry weather we had last year there was not one case of an absolute drought in London. 2007 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 21 Apr. 13 An absolute drought in the UK is defined as a period of at least 15 consecutive days without rain. extracted from absoluteadj.adv.n. absolute drought 2. spec. Dryness of the weather or climate; lack of rain. (The current sense.) absolute drought, partial drought (see quot. 1963). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] droughtc1175 dryc1200 dryth1571 rainlessness1848 α. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8626 Forr þatt te land wass driȝȝedd all & scorrcnedd þurrh þe druhhþe. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 524 Ne hete, ne no harde forst, vmbre ne droȝþe. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 108 In tyme of drouȝth. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xvii (contents) A greate drouth & derth in Elias tyme. 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces viii. 247 There happen'd..a mighty Drowth in the beginning of the Summer. 1865 A. C. Swinburne In Time of Revol. 22 The tender dew after drouth. β. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2348 So sal drugte ðe feldes deren.c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2 Whan that Aueryll w^t his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote.?a1500 Metr. Prov. in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 323 After droght commyth rayne..after rayne, Commyth drought agayne.1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cx. 28 As, in a drought, the thirsty creatures cry, And gape upon the gather'd clowds for rain.1727 J. Thomson Summer 44 Streams unfailing in the Summer's Drought.1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (1884) v. 148 Subject to occasional and prolonged droughts.1881 G. J. Symons in British Rainfall 1880 112 (1) ‘Absolute Droughts’, or all periods of 14 or more consecutive days absolutely without rain; and (2) ‘Partial Droughts’, or all periods of 28 days or upwards in which the total fall was less than a quarter of an inch.1899 Daily News 12 June 7/2 With all the dry weather we had last year there was not one case of an absolute drought in London.1963 Meteorol. Gloss (Meteorol. Office) (ed. 4) 83 An ‘absolute drought’ is a period of at least 15 consecutive days, to none of which is credited 0·01 in., or 0·2 mm, or more of rainfall. A ‘partial drought’ is a period of at least 29 consecutive days, the mean daily rainfall of which does not exceed 0·01 in., or 0·2 mm.figurative.a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) v. 60 A drouth of Vertue, And dearth of all repentance.1640 T. Fuller Joseph's Coat 95 The drowth, and scorching heat of persecution.1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 4 A secret spring of joy, Which mocked the droughts of Fate. extracted from droughtdrouthn. < as lemmas
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