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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 droughtWall Street Journal >
 < suffering from a drought of intellect and sensitivity >
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