arid

• adj. 幹旱的；不毛的，[農] 荒蕪的

來自詞根ar, 同ard, 火，燒。

arid

arid: [17] English acquired arid from Latin aridus, either directly or via French aride. The Latin adjective is part of a web of related words denoting ‘dryness’ or ‘burning’: it came from the verb ārēre ‘be dry’, which may be the source of area; it seems to have connections with a prehistoric Germanic *azgon, source of English ash ‘burnt matter’, and with Greek azaléos ‘dry’, source of English azalea [18] (so named from its favouring dry soil); and the Latin verb ardēre ‘burn’ was derived from it, from which English gets ardour [14], ardent [14], and arson.
=> ardour, area, arson, ash, azalea

arid (adj.)

1650s, "dry, parched," from French aride (15c.) or directly from Latin aridus "dry, arid, parched," from arere "to be dry," from PIE root *as- "to burn, glow" (see ash (n.1)). Figurative sense of "uninteresting" is from 1827. Related: Aridly.

1. Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.

許多生活在土地貧瘠的邊境地區的納米比亞黑人農場主的收成僅夠維持自身的口糧。

來自柯林斯例句

2. arid and semi-arid deserts

幹旱和半幹旱的沙漠

來自《權威詞典》

3. These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.

這些樹能擋住旱風,保護農田.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The Sahara Desert is arid.

撒哈拉沙漠非常幹燥.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. No crops will grow in arid soil.

任何農作物都不能在幹涸的土壤中生長.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》