音标:['ærid] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 干燥的, 不毛的
s. lacking sufficient water or rainfall
s. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

arid的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. The broom grows down the arid sandhill.金雀草蔓延在干燥的沙丘下。
  2. It is difficult to grow fruit in arid desert areas.在干燥的沙漠地带栽培水果很困难。
  3. How can people make a living in this arid area?这片不毛之地上的人们怎么谋生呢?
  4. The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.没多久听众对他枯燥无味的演说就感到厌腻了。
  5. He is tired of the arid studies that have produced nothing new.他对这些没有新意的枯燥乏味的研究感到厌倦。

词汇搭配

  • arid tract干旱区
  • arid fan旱地扇
  • semi arid半干旱的
  • arid lands干旱地
  • arid climate干燥气候
  • arid soil旱境土壤,干旱区土壤...
  • marginal arid land边缘干旱地
  • arid desert干旱荒漠
  • mildly arid region米兰狗牙根
  • arid landform干旱地形
  • arid period干季
  • arid cycle干燥周期
  • arid region干燥区,干燥区域,干...
  • arid ecosystems干旱生态
  • arid zone旱带,干旱带,赤道干...
  • arid land旱地
  • extreme arid极端干旱

经典引文

  • The mountains underneath were arid as craters on the moon.

    出自:A. Koestler
  • It looked like good farming country, in contrast to the arid appearance of the land in so many parts of Greece.

    出自:E. Roosevelt
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