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词汇 arid
释义 arid
adjective
uk /ˈær.ɪd/ us /ˈer.ɪd/
C2environment specialized
very dry and without enough rain for plants: 干燥的,干旱的
The desert is so arid that nothing can grow there.沙漠中极其干旱,寸草不生。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

not getting much or any rain
dryI love living in a dry climate.
bone-dryBone-dry conditions have increased wildfire risks in the region dramatically.
aridThese lizards thrive in an arid climate.
semi-aridIn these semi-arid states, water is scarce and water rights for irrigation are quite expensive.
subaridThe subarid, high-altitude grasslands cannot support too many grazing animals.
formal
unsuccessful: 不成功的;无结果的
After several arid years, the company has started to become successful.经过了几个不景气的年头后,公司已经开始走向成功发展之路。
formal
not interesting and showing no imagination: 枯燥的;无创见的,无新意的
I found his writing extremely arid.我觉得他写的东西毫无新意。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Dry weather, arid conditions & dryness
aridity
bone
bone dryidiom
dehydrate
desertification
desiccate
desiccation
dried
drought
dry (something) out
dry something up
dryness
frazzled
frizzled
high and dry
hyper-arid
overdry
parch
parched
sun-baked

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Unsuccessful (people and things)
Tedious and uninspiring

arid | American Dictionary


arid
adjective
us/ˈær·ɪd/
(of land or weather) having little rain; very dry:
an arid region

Examples of arid


arid
The semiarid steppe landscape was drained by intermittent streams and was sometimes affected by dust and sandstorms, and moisture was seasonal.
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The leaves of plants, on which flies naturally feed, contain more sugar in irrigated than in arid habitats.
The area is semiarid, receiving less than 20 in of rain annually; this rainfall supports the shortgrass prairie biome originally present in the area.
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Coming from tropical semiarid habitat, they do not hibernate, and an attempt to have them do so will cause fatality.
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Much of this literature is arid, self-evident and inadequately researched.
The presence of tsetse fly and the semi-arid conditions of the region had historically precluded settlement by large populations.
Seedling emergence and yield of pearl millet on naturally crusted arid soils in relation to sowing and cultural methods.
The only zones in which this genus has yet to be found are the arid areas in north and south low-middle latitudes.
In the semi-arid zone, 17 far mers, of whom 41 % were women, came to the feedback meeting.
A diet of cold and moist things (spiritually, tears) should neutralize the tremendous heat or the arid tumor of pride.
The main reason why farming in the west was fraught with risk is simply that the region was so arid.
Lasting microbiological and biochemical effects of the addition of municipal solid waste to an arid soil.
In the semi-arid areas, where this type is quite frequent, the signal is the wetting of the soil.
However, it has been considered to play a secondary role in arid environments.
He also showed that nodulation increased from humid to arid areas, in relation with decreasing nitrogen and increasing phosphorus contents of the soil.
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