单词：drought
n. a prolonged shortage
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drought的用法和样例：
例句
- The long drought famished many people.久旱使很多人陷入饥饿。
- Famine is often the sequel to war or drought.饥荒往往是战争或干旱造成的。
- We have not enough food to eat because of the drought.因为旱灾，我们没有足够的食物可吃。
- The soil is cracking up because of the drought.土地因干旱而正在龟裂。
常见句型
- The stream ran dry in drought.干旱时这条小溪干了。
- The crops failed because of the drought.干旱造成农作物歉收。
词汇搭配
- combat drought抗旱
- financial drought财政枯竭
- prolonged drought长期干旱
经典引文
The burning drouth Of that long desert to the south.
出自：Tennyson
- deficiency缺乏
- dearth缺乏
- scarcity缺乏
- lack缺乏
- shortage不足
- famine饥荒
- aridity干旱
- waterlessness干燥
- dehydration脱水
- insufficiency缺乏
- scarceness缺乏,稀少
- scantiness缺乏
- paucity少数
- depletion消耗
- barrenness不毛
- want要
- dry spell干旱期
- spell拼写
- dry干的
- drouth干旱
- wet湿的
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