arid

UK:  ['ærɪd]

US:  ['erɪd]

adj.

1.干旱;干燥

2.干旱的;贫瘠的,荒芜的

3.枯燥无味的

4.不毛的

1 . He drew back his chair, clasped his hands over his head, and gave himself up to dull and arid musing.
他把椅子往后退了一下，扭住双手放在头上，陷入了呆滞乏味的沉思。

2 . With both of these advantages and disadvantages of the use of a car in mind, I, personally, prefer to have my own car for work arid play.
权衡利弊，我个人还是喜欢能拥有自己的车来上班和娱乐。

3 . In arid and semi-arid zones, appearance of microbiotic crusts will change the surface condition of sand dunes greatly.
在干旱、半干旱地区，微生物结皮的出现完全改变了沙丘表面状况。

4 . Therefore, tree planting and grass growing in semi-arid area maybe reduce runoff, meanwhile, improve monthly runoff distribution in a year.
因此，在半干旱地区植树种草一是减少产流量，二是能够提高径流年内分配的均匀性。

5 . So study arid make effective precautions and crack strongly terrorist activities are the vital tasks for the police of every country.
研究制定有效的防爆对策，有力地打击恐怖主义活动，是各国警方的当务之急。