单词 | dry spell |
释义 | > as lemmasdry spell dry spell n. a period of dry weather (see quot. 1920). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [noun] > spell of absolute drought1881 dry spell1887 1887 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 23 Aug. 5 Everybody found smoking on the streets..during the dry spell was liable to be arrested. 1920 British Rainfall 1919 27 A Dry Spell is a period of fifteen or more consecutive days no one of which is a ‘Wet Day’. 1961 Amer. Speech 36 267 A sharp distinction is observed in Colorado between the relatively long drouth and the relatively short dry spell. < as lemmas |
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