英语词汇“drought”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	drought
释义	drought noun or drouth \ˈdrau̇]th, ]t, or +V ]d.; sometimes -rȯ]\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English drougth, drought, drouth, from Old English drūgath, drūgoth, from drūgian to dry up, wither, from the root of drȳge dry — more at dry 1. archaic : the condition or quality of being dry : dryness : lack of moisture < the drought of the sun-baked ground > < crickets sing at the oven's mouth … the blither for their drought — Shakespeare > 2. : a period of dryness especially protracted and causing extensive damage to crops or preventing their successful growth 3. now dialect : a thirst usually for alcoholic drink < there's a great drought on me, and the night is young — J.M.Synge > 4. : a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something that is needed or desired < behind the candy scarcity lies the sugar drought — Wall Street Journal > < suffering from a drought of intellect and sensitivity >
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