[N-VAR 可变名词]久旱;旱灾 A drought is a long period of time during which no rain falls.
Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here.
旱灾和饥荒夺去了这里200万人的生命。
He told a press conference that Spain was suffering one of the worst droughts of the century.
他在记者招待会上说西班牙正遭受着本世纪最严重的旱灾之一。
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drought/draʊt; NAmEdraʊt/noun[uncountable , countable ]a long period of time when there is little or no rain 久旱;旱灾◆two years of severe drought两年的严重旱灾◆one of the worst droughts on record有记载以来最严重的旱灾之一droughtdroughtsdrought/draʊt; NAmEdraʊt/