"an arid climate" "a waterless well" "miles of waterless country to cross"
lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless;
"a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata" "a desiccate romance" "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The broom grows down the arid sandhill.金雀草蔓延在干燥的沙丘下。
It is difficult to grow fruit in arid desert areas.在干燥的沙漠地带栽培水果很困难。
How can people make a living in this arid area?这片不毛之地上的人们怎么谋生呢？
The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.没多久听众对他枯燥无味的演说就感到厌腻了。
He is tired of the arid studies that have produced nothing new.他对这些没有新意的枯燥乏味的研究感到厌倦。
