"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"
arid的用法和样例:
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。