| 单词 | dust-bowl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdust-bowl dust-bowl n. originally U.S. a region subject to drought where, as a result of the loss or absence of plant cover, the wind has eroded the soil and made the land unproductive; hence, any region that is arid or unproductive; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > waterless droughta1000 dryheada1300 drynessa1398 carbuncle1577 jornada1828 thirst-land1878 dry land1893 thirst-country1895 thirst1906 dry1909 dust-bowl1936 1936 Durant (Okla.) Daily Democrat 26 Mar. 1/7 The panhandle ‘dustbowl’ was outside the path of the wind. 1936 Dallas Morning News 26 Dec. They say he nearly defeated himself by urging Landon's election among the dust bowl farmers. 1937 Ann. Reg. 1936 288 Some pastoral areas where over-feeding of live-stock had completely killed the pasturage were called ‘dust-bowls’. 1951 B. Russell New Hopes for Changing World 33 Will all the arable land be turned into dust-bowls as it has been in large parts of the United States? 1959 Listener 20 Aug. 276/1 A more depressing picture, widely supported at the present time, is that Venus is an arid dust-bowl. < as lemmas |
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