| 单词 | drought |
| 释义 | drought (once / 879 pages) n When there is a drought somewhere, there's not enough rainfall. In certain areas, a drought can last for weeks, months, sometimes even years! Forget about running your lawn sprinkler during a drought; the water is needed for drinking, bathing, and toilet flushing. Another way drought can be used is to refer to a shortage of something (other than rainfall) that lasts for a long period of time, like a drought in job growth during a recession. Typically a drought is not a good thing and something you hope to avoid. For example, if your friend Kenny hasn't gone on a date in five years, it's safe to say that he is having a romantic drought. WORD FAMILYdrought: droughts USAGE EXAMPLESBut then the drought arose, a product of both Nebraska’s zone and Maryland’s tentativeness in trying to protect its lead. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) The Rams lost 11 of their final 12 games and won only one game at home as their playoff drought grew to 12 years. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) “There is no drought,” Donald Trump told Californians while campaigning there last May. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a shortage of rainfall farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season Syn|Hyper drouth dryness, waterlessness, xerotes the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) 2n a prolonged shortage when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought Syn|Hyper drouth period, period of time, time period an amount of time |
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