arid 音标拼音: ['ærəd] ['ɛrəd]
a . 干燥的,不毛的
乾燥的,不毛的
arid adj 1 :
lacking sufficient water or rainfall ; "
an arid climate ";
"
a waterless well "; "
miles of waterless country to cross "
[
synonym : {
arid }, {
waterless }]
2 :
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 "-
C .
J .
Rolo [
synonym : {
arid }, {
desiccate },
{
desiccated }]
Arid \
Ar "
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a . [
L .
aridus ,
fr .
arere to be dry :
cf .
F .
aride .]
Exhausted of moisture ;
parched with heat ;
dry ;
barren . "
An arid waste ." --
Thomson .
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1913 Webster ]
138 Moby Thesaurus words for "
arid ":
Saharan ,
academic ,
acarpous ,
anhydrous ,
athirst ,
barren ,
blah ,
blank ,
bloodless ,
bone -
dry ,
bookish ,
boring ,
bromidic ,
celibate ,
characterless ,
childless ,
cold ,
colorless ,
dead ,
desert ,
desolate ,
dismal ,
drab ,
draggy ,
drained ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
dried -
up ,
droughty ,
dry ,
dry as dust ,
dryasdust ,
dull ,
dusty ,
earthbound ,
effete ,
elephantine ,
empty ,
etiolated ,
exhausted ,
fade ,
fallow ,
flat ,
fruitless ,
gaunt ,
gelded ,
heavy ,
high and dry ,
ho -
hum ,
hollow ,
humdrum ,
impotent ,
inane ,
ineffectual ,
inexcitable ,
infecund ,
infertile ,
insipid ,
issueless ,
jejune ,
juiceless ,
lackluster ,
leached ,
leaden ,
lifeless ,
like parchment ,
literal ,
low -
spirited ,
menopausal ,
moistureless ,
monotonous ,
mundane ,
nonfertile ,
nonproducing ,
nonproductive ,
nonprolific ,
pale ,
pallid ,
pedantic ,
pedestrian ,
plodding ,
pointless ,
poky ,
ponderous ,
prosaic ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
sandy ,
sapless ,
sere ,
sine prole ,
slow ,
solemn ,
spiritless ,
staid ,
sterile ,
stiff ,
stodgy ,
stolid ,
stuffy ,
sucked dry ,
superficial ,
tasteless ,
tedious ,
teemless ,
thirsting ,
thirsty ,
unanimated ,
uncultivated ,
undamped ,
unfanciful ,
unfertile ,
unfruitful ,
unideal ,
unimaginative ,
uninspired ,
uninteresting ,
uninventive ,
unlively ,
unoriginal ,
unplowed ,
unpoetic ,
unproductive ,
unprolific ,
unromantic ,
unromanticized ,
unsown ,
untilled ,
unwatered ,
vapid ,
virgin ,
waste ,
wasted ,
waterless ,
weariful ,
wearisome ,
without issue ,
wooden
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ARID Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of ARID is excessively dry; specifically : having insufficient rainfall to support agriculture How to use arid in a sentence
ARID Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com ARID definition: being without moisture; extremely dry; parched See examples of arid used in a sentence
ARID | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Add to word list (of land or weather) having little rain; very dry: an arid region (Definition of arid from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
ARID Simple Definition - Merriam-Webster The simple definition of ARID is very dry : having very little rain or water
ARID | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Add to word list (of land or weather) having little rain; very dry: an arid region (Definition of arid from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
ARID definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary 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
Word of the Day: arid - The New York Times 1 lacking sufficient water or rainfall 2 lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless Listen to the pronunciation The word arid has appeared in 113 articles on NYTimes com in the past year,
arid adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of arid adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
ARID definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions
Arid - definition of arid by The Free Dictionary 1 extremely dry; parched: arid land 2 barren or unproductive due to lack of moisture: arid farmland 3 lacking vitality or imagination; sterile