首页英语词典aridarid英英释意

arid

英 ['ærɪd] 美['ærɪd]
  • adj. 干旱的;不毛的,[农] 荒芜的

英英释意


1. lacking sufficient water or rainfall;
"an arid climate"
"a waterless well"
"miles of waterless country to cross"
2. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless;
"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"
"a desiccate romance"
"a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo