drought

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɹaʊ̯t/    美 /ˈdɹaʊ̯t/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell. countable,uncountable
    — His village had faced a drought twice.
  2. A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport. broadly,countable,informal,uncountable
    — Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh.
  3. dryness, aridness, dry heat archaic,countable,uncountable
    — Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

词形变化

droughts plural drouth alternative druft alternative,Northern-England

词汇关系

衍生词
absolute drought antidrought droughted droughting droughtless droughtproof drought-tolerant droughty flash drought megadrought Palmer drought index predrought

词源

From Middle English droughte, droghte, drouȝte, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
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