drought
美 [draʊt] 
英 [draʊt]
- n.旱灾；枯竭；旱季；【气】干旱
- 网络乾旱；天旱；缺乏
词形变化
复数：droughts 反义词
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英汉双解
1. | 久旱；旱灾a long period of time when there is little or no rain |
| two years of severe drought 两年的严重旱灾 |
| one of the worst droughts on record 有记载以来最严重的旱灾之一 |
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英英解释
例句
"Our researchers are now working to develop stress-resistant crops that are drought-tolerant, heat-tolerant and saline-resistant, " he said.
维尔萨克指出：“我们的研究人员正在努力开发耐旱、耐热和耐盐碱的抗灾作物。”
A study by Galkayo University, which looked at the effects of drought on livestock, said the average cost of a camel in Somalia is $700.
Galkayo大学一份关于干旱对畜牧业影响的研究显示，在索马里平均每头骆驼的价格是700美元。
Normally at this time of year spring planting would be in full swing, but the drought has made farming impossible in parts of the province.
通常在每年的这个时节，春耕正如火如荼，但是这场旱灾却使省内部分地区的农业生产无法正常进行。
It had brought nothing but drought and famine.
除了干旱和饥饿，它无法带来任何东西。
For those of us lucky enough to always have enough food and water, it may be hard to imagine living through a drought.
对于那些幸运的、总有足够的食物和水的人来说，很难想象在干旱之中的生活。
The ground around the house is completely dry and cracked like the land in the Sahel Desert during the drought.
房子周围的土地完全干旱得裂开来，就像干旱时期的萨赫勒沙漠一样。
She said by Skype that much of the land in the drought-affected areas is not very productive even in good times.
她在网络电话中提到，在受干旱影响的地区大多数的土地生产效益都不是很好，即使是在丰收的季节。
But he said the drought could expand to the major grain-growing areas of the north.
但他表示，旱情有可能扩大到北方的主要粮食产区。
They cite events like the heat and drought of the 1930s as evidence that extreme weather is nothing new.
他们引述了一些例子来证明极端天气事件并非什么新鲜事。
After two years of crippling drought, things were starting to look up in the Middle East.
经历了两年的严重旱灾后，中东地区开始出现转机。
He thought Lora distinctive and agreed with him donation some of the dividend to the dystrophy dweller nearby as the duration drought.
他以为劳拉是与众不同的并且能够同意他把红利的一部分捐赠给附近因为持续的干旱而营养不良的居民。
Unfortunately for the Dane, no one was talking about her snapping out of a much-maligned Grand Slam drought.
不幸的是，没人认谈论关于丹麦人什么时候能结束大满贯冠军荒的事。
You must be a bit more grave, like this river suffering through a season of drought.
你应当变得深沉些，像这忍受着旱季干渴的河一样。
He told me that this drought has taught him a hard lesson: it is too difficult to keep animals.
他告诉我干旱给了他一个沉痛的教训：饲养动物太困难了。
This was partly the result of drought. Also important, however, have been higher prices of oil, since modern farming is so energy-intensive.
出现这种现象的部分原因是旱灾，但油价上涨也是一个重要因素，因为现代农业对能源需求很高。
The Dust Bowl that affected the prairie regions of the United States was one infamous drought.
沙尘天气波及到了美国的大草原地区，了严重的旱灾。
In the middle of the hustle and bustle of daily life, they're just two sheep that don't seem to have been affected by the drought at all.
置身于日常生活无边的忙碌中，只有这两只绵羊看起来超然世外，不受尘世的影响。
The seeds of rice, tobacco and corn that she planted this spring have failed to germinate because of the drought, she said.
她说因为干旱，今春播种的大米、烟叶和玉米种子都无收。
There might be a sliver lining here, some of the states getting heat had been dealing with a terrible drought.
可能也会尚存一线希望，一些州在应对这场可怕的干旱灾难上已经绞尽脑汁。
We had a bit of a drought last summer thanks to the heat-wave.
去年夏天，由于酷暑我们遭受了轻微的旱情。
The drought translated into widespread hunger.
干旱导致广泛的缺粮。
The drought threatened the whole crop.
干旱威胁着所有的庄稼。
The drought is serious.
旱情严重。
The crops failed because of drought.
由于旱灾，农作物歉收。
Other orbital vehicles have been used to spot water in drought-prone regions and connect rural hospitals via satellite hookup.
其他的轨道载体则用于发现干旱地区的水源和通过卫星连线使农村地区医院能彼此联系。
The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said the drought remains severe in Southwest China despite recent moderate rainfall.
国家防汛抗旱总指挥部称近期西南地区降雨量不大，旱情仍然严峻。
On the Internet, many Chinese asked whether the dam was at least partly responsible for the drought.
在网上，很多中国人都会疑问大坝是否至少在部分程度上要为干旱的原因负责。
Plummeting water oxygen levels due to a severe drought have led to thousands of fish dying along the Manaquiri River.
由于严峻的干旱导致的马拉奎利河水中含氧量缺乏导致了河中数以千计的鱼死亡。
He finished the sandwich, and, taking a flask of whiskey from his pocket, he took a short drought. Then he returned the flask to his pocket.
三明治吃完了，他从衣袋里掏出了一瓶威士忌，少喝了一点就又装了起来。
Had it not been for the heavy rain, there would have been a more serious drought.
若非那场大雨，旱情原本会更严重。
Most of sub-Saharan Africa seems to be sunk in a perpetual drought that has fed a numbing series of civil wars.
撒哈拉沙漠以南的非洲国家似乎陷入永久的干旱，而干旱引发了一系列司空见惯的内战。
Despite the fact that the organizing element for the garden is water, the plants by and large are drought-tolerant.
除了流水是花园里重要组成因素这个事实外，总的来说，那些植物都是耐旱的。
Due to a severe and lasting drought, water reserves in this country of 11, 000 people had dwindled to just a few days' worth.
由于严重和持久的干旱，水储量在这个国家的11000人减少到短短几天的价值。
None of the GMO traits currently on the market offer increase yield, drought tolerance, enhanced nutrition, or any other consumer benefit.
现在市场上的转基因生物没有一种可以增产，抗旱，增加营养或其他的消费者获益。
The trend is often ascribed to debt, drought and the ready availability of pesticides that serve as poison.
造成这一趋势的常见原因包括负债、遭受旱灾以及用作毒药的杀虫剂方便易得。
For Mr Perry is a man of faith, one of two governors who have lately tried to end a drought by petitioning the almighty.
由于佩里先生是个有信仰的人，他就是最近曾试图通过向全能的上帝祈祷以结束干旱的两届州长之一的那位。
Several scientists, including at least one American, said then that there was no evidence that the dam had caused the drought.
而包括至少一位来自美国的几名科学家说没有直接证据表明是大坝造成了干旱。
Now, the dam seems to be causing the opposite problem, spurring drought in central and eastern China.
但现在看来，大坝却引出了一个完全相反的问题：中国中东部地区的大旱。
Prediction results showed that this model was valid for prediction of the severe drought occurrence in Zhejiang Province.
拟合结果表明，该方法对预测浙江省下一个严重干旱发生年有一定的参考价值。
Only a few months ago, parts of the southwest suffered from the worst drought in a century.
仅在几个月前，中国的西南部分地区蒙受了一个世纪以来最为严重的旱灾。
Years of drought and floods mercilessly show how rediculous our folly is. And now we found the actual value of these "waste lands" .
连年的洪灾干旱无情地耻笑了我们的愚行，到现在我们才发现这些“荒地”的实际价值。
A drought is upon her waters ; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images , and they are mad upon their idols .
有干旱临到他的众水，就必干涸；因为这是有雕刻偶像之地，人因偶像而颠狂。
Some economists believe that the heat wave, fires and drought could cause up to $15 billion in damage.
一些经济学家认为，高温、火灾和干旱可能造成高达150亿美元的损失。
Severe drought in a year, the township pumping work teams to the villages investigating the disaster.
在严重干旱的一年，乡镇抽水工作队到农村调查的灾难。
