| 单词 | arid |
| 释义 | arid —aridity /euh rid"i tee/, aridness, n. —aridly, adv. /ar"id/, adj. 1. being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate. 2. barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture: arid farmland. 3. lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune: an arid treatment of an exciting topic. [1645-55; ( < F) < L aridus, equiv. to ar(ere) to be dry + -idus -ID4; cf. ASH1] Syn. 1. See dry. 3. tedious, dreary, vapid, uninspired, uninspiring. |
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