Перевод слова

Перевод: drought

[существительное]
засуха ; сухость ; сухость воздуха; жажда

Тезаурус:

1. The Thames region is short of 16 inches of rain in the fourth successive year of drought, and the Southern Region short of more than 20, the NRA said yesterday.
2. Then there was a long drought which produced a very poor harvest.
3. The reason may be the long continued drought.
4. Geoffrey Kemp, 58, farms some 230 acres near Chatteris, 12 miles north of Ely in Cambridgeshire and is no stranger to the effects of drought or erosion - particularly that caused by wind on parched, dry soils.
5. Jasminum officinale (Surprisingly drought tolerant and very sweetly scented)
6. India, which prided itself on the self-sufficiency achieved by its green revolution, was obliged to buy wheat in 1988-;9; China's imports of wheat reached record levels in the last years of the decade, a reflection, no doubt, not just of two years of drought but of a situation where peasants received certificates instead of cash for their crops.
7. Deserts are the result of a lack of water and if there is a prolonged, fluctuating drought (like the one that began on the northern fringe of sub-Saharan Africa at the end of the 1960s) vast sums of money are not going to stop desertification.
8. He kissed Frau Nordern, Erika, and Omi, holding her firmly but gently, and staring into her old eyes, and saying, Do remember our little chat this afternoon, dear sister," and she, her eyes moist, like a well refilling after a drought, promised that she would.
9. Oriental poppies endure drought
10. Herders, occupying fixed territories with uncertain weather, used some of their people to establish marriage alliances with members of distant groups who could offer refuge in times of drought or other scarcity.
11. (Australian silky oak) because it is drought resistant
12. Of course the oceans are not quite unchanging; but at least they protect their inhabitants from fluctuations in water supply, which on land range from virtually permanent drought, to more than four metres of rain per year.
13. It will help insure against drought stress.