arid
英 [ˈærɪd]
美 [ˈærɪd]
adj. 干旱的; 干燥的; 枯燥的; 乏味的; 毫无新意的
Collins.1 / BNC.11526 / COCA.10724
同义词辨析
boringariddrearydrydullmonotonous【导航词义：乏味的，无聊的】
boringadj. 令人厌烦的；乏味的，无聊的
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指某事物或某人因毫无趣味、吸引力而让人感到乏味的、无聊的。
〔例证〕
The lesson was long and boring.
这一课又臭又长。
The job is boring.
这项工作枯燥乏味。
He was a boring nuisance!
他这人真讨厌！
这一课又臭又长。
The job is boring.
这项工作枯燥乏味。
He was a boring nuisance!
他这人真讨厌！
aridadj. 无新意的，无趣的
〔辨析〕
指某事物毫无趣味的，也指缺乏令人心动的特征或品质的。
〔例证〕
arid scientific studies
枯燥的科学研究
The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.
没多久听众就对他枯燥无味的演说感到厌烦了。
枯燥的科学研究
The audience soon grew tired of his arid speech.
没多久听众就对他枯燥无味的演说感到厌烦了。
drearyadj. 〈文〉沉闷的，令人生厌的
〔辨析〕
指事物了无趣味、使人感到厌烦或沮丧的。
〔例证〕
dreary work
乏味的工作
He is tired of the politician's dreary speech.
他厌倦了那个政客的枯燥演讲。
乏味的工作
He is tired of the politician's dreary speech.
他厌倦了那个政客的枯燥演讲。
dryadj. 干巴巴的，枯燥乏味的
〔辨析〕
指书籍、讲话、话题等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的，有时含贬义。
〔例证〕
a dry debate on diplomatic policies
关于外交政策的乏味辩论
A book full of figures is rather dry.
一本满是数据的书读起来很枯燥乏味。
关于外交政策的乏味辩论
A book full of figures is rather dry.
一本满是数据的书读起来很枯燥乏味。
dulladj. 乏味的，无趣的
〔辨析〕
作此义解时，通常只能用来形容事物，指因缺乏新鲜感、吸引力而显得乏味、沉闷的。
〔例证〕
He doesn't believe that it will be a dull party.
他认为那不会是一次乏味的聚会。
This book is rather dull.
这本书很枯燥。
他认为那不会是一次乏味的聚会。
This book is rather dull.
这本书很枯燥。
monotonousadj. 单调的，乏味的
〔辨析〕
指没有变化、重复单调的。
〔例证〕
a monotonous job/voice
单调的工作/声音
It is one of the most monotonous sounds of the spring.
这是春天里最单调的声音之一。
单调的工作/声音
It is one of the most monotonous sounds of the spring.
这是春天里最单调的声音之一。
牛津词典
adj.
- 干旱的；干燥的
having little or no rain; very dry- arid and semi-arid deserts
干旱和半干旱的沙漠
- arid and semi-arid deserts
- 枯燥的；乏味的；毫无新意的
with nothing new or interesting in it- an arid discussion
枯燥的讨论
- an arid discussion
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 干旱的;不毛的
Aridland is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.- ...new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions.
能抵抗干旱条件的新品种作物 - ...the arid zones of the country.
该国的干旱区域
- ...new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions.
- ADJ-GRADED 枯燥无味的；乏善可陈的
If you describe something such as a period of your life or an academic subject asarid, you mean that it has so little interest, excitement, or purpose that it makes you feel bored or unhappy.- She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.
她为他枯燥无味的生活带来了从未有过的乐趣。 - ...the politically arid years of military dictatorship in the 1960s and '70s.
在20世纪60和70年代军事独裁期间政事荒芜的岁月
- She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.
双语例句
- There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.
在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。 - Sesame and Sunflower in Dryland Species of High-yielding Cultivation Technology Between Research of arid and semiarid open country.
旱地胡麻与葵花间种高产栽培技术研究产于干旱和半干旱地区的空旷乡间。 - My grandparents moved to Arizona because the arid climate is good for their health.
我的爷爷奶奶搬到了亚利桑那州，因为干旱的气候对他们的健康有益。 - Of arid and semiarid open country.
产于干旱和半干旱地区的空旷乡间。 - Solid water affords a new approach to drought resistant planting in arid and semi arid area.
固体水为干旱、半干旱地区的抗旱造林提供了一种新的途径。 - Population density in arid areas is too high and damages the land further.
干旱地区的人口密度太高，这会进一步破坏土地。 - An arid sandstone plateau between the Nile and the Red Sea.
一个干旱的沙石高原，位于尼罗河和红海之间。 - 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。 - An arid region with little or no vegetation.
一个干旱贫瘠、有很少或根本就没有植被的区域。 - They live on the arid land.
他们就靠那干燥的土地生活。