arid

ar·id

A0421600 (ăr′ĭd)adj.1. Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants: an arid climate.2. Lacking interest or feeling; lifeless and dull: a technically perfect but arid musical performance.

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[Latin āridus, from ārēre, to be dry; see as- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·rid′i·ty (ə-rĭd′ĭ-tē), ar′id·ness n.

arid

(ˈærɪd) adj1. having little or no rain; dry; parched with heat2. devoid of interest[C17: from Latin āridus, from ārēre to be dry] aridity, ˈaridness n ˈaridly adv

ar•id

(ˈær ɪd)

adj. 1. extremely dry; parched: arid land. 2. barren or unproductive due to lack of moisture: arid farmland. 3. lacking vitality or imagination; sterile. [1645–55; (< French) < Latin āridus=ār(ēre) to be dry + -idus -id⁴; compare ash¹] a•rid•i•ty (əˈrɪd ɪ ti) ar′id•ness, n. ar′id•ly, adv. syn: See dry.

ar·id

(ăr′ĭd) Very dry, especially having less rainfall than is needed to support most trees or woody plants: an arid climate; an arid region.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	arid - lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"waterlessdry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
	2.	arid - lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolodesiccate, desiccateddull - lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"

arid

adjective1. dry, desert, dried up, barren, sterile, torrid, parched, waterless, moistureless the arid zones of the country
dry rich, fertile, lush, fruitful, verdant2. boring, dull, tedious, dreary, dry, tiresome, lifeless, colourless, uninteresting, flat, uninspired, vapid, spiritless, jejune, as dry as dust She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.
boring interesting, spirited, exciting, stimulating, sexy (informal), lively, vivacious

arid

adjective1. Having little or no liquid or moisture:anhydrous, bone-dry, dry, moistureless, sere, waterless.2. Having little or no precipitation:droughty, dry, rainless, thirsty.3. Lacking liveliness, charm, or surprise:aseptic, colorless, drab, dry, dull, earthbound, flat, flavorless, lackluster, lifeless, lusterless, matter-of-fact, pedestrian, prosaic, spiritless, sterile, stodgy, unimaginative, uninspired.

Translations

干旱的贫瘠的

arid

(ˈӕrid) adjective dry. The soil is rather arid. 乾燥的，貧脊的 干旱的，贫瘠的 aˈridity noun 達到乾旱的程度 干旱ˈaridness noun 乾旱的狀態 干旱