单词 | semiarid |
释义 | semiarid (once / 17963 pages) adj WORD FAMILY arid: aridest, aridity, aridly, aridness, semiarid+/aridity: aridities USAGE EXAMPLESBut sometimes, despite the High Plains’ semiarid terrain, Mother Nature will give farmers a break. Washington Times(Oct 17, 2015) The coal is but one part of a fossil-fuel trove in the Powder River Basin, a 26,000-square-mile swath of semiarid grassland. Washington Post(Oct 08, 2015) Both glacial melting and snow are vital sources of water for people living in semiarid parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and China. Wall Street Journal(Aug 17, 2015) adj somewhat arid a semiarid region with little annual rainfall Syn dry free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet |
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