arid

• adj. 干旱的；不毛的，[农] 荒芜的

来自词根ar, 同ard, 火，烧。

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.

许多生活在土地贫瘠的边境地区的纳米比亚黑人农场主的收成仅够维持自身的口粮。

来自柯林斯例句

2. arid and semi-arid deserts

干旱和半干旱的沙漠

来自《权威词典》

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

这些树能挡住旱风,保护农田.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The Sahara Desert is arid.

撒哈拉沙漠非常干燥.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. No crops will grow in arid soil.

任何农作物都不能在干涸的土壤中生长.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》