英汉词典

drought 基本解释

n.

干旱（时期），旱季；旱灾；（长期的）缺乏；枯竭

变形

复数：droughts

双语释义

n.(名词)干旱(时期) (period of) continuous dry weather, especially when there is not enough water for people's needs

英英释义

drought[ draut ]

n.a shortage of rainfall

"farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

同义词：drouth

a prolonged shortage

"when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"

同义词：drouth

drought 相关例句

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• combat drought抗旱

形容词+～

• financial drought财政枯竭
• prolonged drought长期干旱

词组短语

drought resistance耐旱性，抗旱性

drought relief干旱救灾

drought control抗旱；防旱

同近义词辨析

draught, drought

draught （draw）n 草拟；

drought旱灾

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The long drought famished many people.
   久旱使很多人陷入饥饿。
2. Famine is often the sequel to war or drought.
   饥荒往往是战争或干旱造成的。
3. We have not enough food to eat because of the drought.
   因为旱灾，我们没有足够的食物可吃。
4. The soil is cracking up because of the drought.
   土地因干旱而正在龟裂。

权威例句

Salt and drought stress signal transduction in plants.
Cell Signaling during Cold, Drought, and Salt Stress
THE RELATIONSHIP OF DROUGHT FREQUENCY AND DURATION TO TIME SCALES
Plant responses to drought, salinity and extreme temperatures: towards genetic engineering for stress tolerance
A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests
Improving plant drought, salt and freezing tolerance by gene transfer of a single stress-inducible transcription factor.
Europe-wide reduction in primary productivity caused by the heat and drought in 2003.
A Global Data Set of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1870–2002: Relationship With Soil Moisture and Effects of Surface Warming
The relationship of drought frequency and duration of time scales. Eight Conference on Apllied Climatology, American Meteorological ...
A novel cis-acting element in an Arabidopsis gene is involved in responsiveness to drought, low-temperature, or high-salt stress.