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arid adj.干燥的；不毛的；枯燥的；无趣的；没有生气的 (1) 在干燥的沙漠地带栽培水果很困难。(2) 这片不毛之地上的人们怎么谋生呢？(3) 没多久听众对他枯燥无味的演说就感到厌腻了。(4) 他对这些没有新意的枯燥乏味的研究感到厌倦。 Arid can also mean terribly dull or lifeless. A textbook about the climate of Death Valley might be called arid if it's written in an uninteresting way. Just like you wouldn't want to live in an arid climate, you wouldn't want to sit through an arid performance of the film-turned-musical, "Some Like it Hot."

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英 ['ærɪd] 美 ['ærɪd] (1) It is difficult to grow fruit in arid desert areas.(2) How can people make a living in this arid area?(3) The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.(4) He is tired of the arid studies that have produced nothing new. Arid is so dry that nothing will grow. Death Valley in California features an arid climate, which is why it's called Death Valley and not Life Valley. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]干旱的；不毛的 Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.   [usu ADJ n]...new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions.能抵抗干旱条件的新品种作物...the arid zones of the country.该国的干旱区域2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]枯燥无味的；乏善可陈的 If you describe something such as a period of your life or an academic subject as arid, you mean that it has so little interest, excitement, or purpose that it makes you feel bored or unhappy.   [usu ADJ n]She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.她为他枯燥无味的生活带来了从未有过的乐趣。...the politically arid years of military dictatorship in the 1960s and '70s.在20世纪60和70年代军事独裁期间政事荒芜的岁月

英语单词	arid
英美音标	英 ['ærɪd] 美 ['ærɪd]
中文释义	adj.干燥的；不毛的；枯燥的；无趣的；没有生气的
英语例句	(1) It is difficult to grow fruit in arid desert areas. (2) How can people make a living in this arid area? (3) The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech. (4) He is tired of the arid studies that have produced nothing new.
中文例句	(1) 在干燥的沙漠地带栽培水果很困难。 (2) 这片不毛之地上的人们怎么谋生呢？ (3) 没多久听众对他枯燥无味的演说就感到厌腻了。 (4) 他对这些没有新意的枯燥乏味的研究感到厌倦。
vocabulary简明	Arid is so dry that nothing will grow. Death Valley in California features an arid climate, which is why it's called Death Valley and not Life Valley.
vocabulary扩展	Arid can also mean terribly dull or lifeless. A textbook about the climate of Death Valley might be called arid if it's written in an uninteresting way. Just like you wouldn't want to live in an arid climate, you wouldn't want to sit through an arid performance of the film-turned-musical, "Some Like it Hot."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]干旱的；不毛的 Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it. [usu ADJ n] ...new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions. 能抵抗干旱条件的新品种作物 ...the arid zones of the country. 该国的干旱区域 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]枯燥无味的；乏善可陈的 If you describe something such as a period of your life or an academic subject as arid, you mean that it has so little interest, excitement, or purpose that it makes you feel bored or unhappy. [usu ADJ n] She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known. 她为他枯燥无味的生活带来了从未有过的乐趣。 ...the politically arid years of military dictatorship in the 1960s and '70s. 在20世纪60和70年代军事独裁期间政事荒芜的岁月

Arid Death Valley Life Grow Tired Dry Climate