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arid

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Related topics: Meteorology, Geography
ar·id /ˈærɪd/ adjectiveadj
1  DRYarid land or an arid climate is very dry because it has very little rain 〔土地或氣候〕幹燥的，幹旱的
Water from the Great Lakes is pumped to arid regions.
五大湖中的水被輸往幹旱地區。
2  USELESSnot having any new, interesting, or exciting features or qualities 無創見的，無新意的
My mind was arid, all inspiration gone.
我才思枯竭，靈感盡失。
—aridity /əˈrɪdəti/ noun [uncountableU]
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arid• Balloon pilot John Bagwell likes to surprise tourists with this unexpected greenery in the arid center of Arizona.• an arid climate• Much of Namibia is arid country and only fit for raising goats.• This form developed bipedalism and other adaptations to the newly opening arid savannah landscape and eventually became the ancestor of man.• The birds inhabit tropical forests, savannah, and arid semi-desert conditions.• In the arid summer, the landscape becomes brown and dusty.• The region is an arid wasteland.
arid regions• In arid regions, rainfall above the average one year will produce a particularly thick annual ring.
Origin arid
(1600-1700) French aride, from Latin aridus
ar·id adjectiveadj
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