| 词汇 | dry-land |
| 释义 | dry land noun[ U ] uk /ˌdraɪ ˈlænd/ us /ˌdraɪ ˈlænd/ land and not sea or water: 陆地 We sailed for three days before we saw dry land.我们航行了3天才看到陆地。 Synonym terra firmausually humorous See also landnoun Geography: areas of land in general berm bioregion circuit corner curtilage demesne ecoregion enclosure interlacustrine intermountain landbank neutral zone non-desert patch plot swale swathe territoriality transect Examples of dry landdry land The canoe required twenty men to carry it over dryland and was not suitable for exploration work on account of its lack of durability. An article from 1954 bolstered the argument by stating that the islands had once been connected to the mainland by dryland. However, not all of the dryland is suitable for habitation. This is the economic rationale for the watershed development program in dryland areas, promoting equity in access to water resources. This area, known as 'dryland area' could be irrigated only by groundwater. For instance, soft wheat is produced in both irrigated and in dryland areas, and in different regions of the country. The dryland was double cropped - using rainfall and well water. It was not always dryland where we dwell. Of those found on dryland, 84% were located at sites that flood seasonally, while 14% of the total were encountered at forest sites that do not flood. The situation is no less unsavoury on dryland. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Though it presents obvious technical difficulties not encountered on dryland, it offers the opportunities and challenge of the unknown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Data on acidification to dryland sites should be available next year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can start off on dryland, go over muddy flats and then proceed over the water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of that boundary line 1,700 miles are water, and the remaining 2,200 are dryland. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What happens on dryland with a footpath or even a highway which traverses the shoulder of a deep hill? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dry land These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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