drought

Значение (Английский)

1. (countable, uncountable) A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
2. (broadly, countable, informal, uncountable) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) dryness, aridness, dry heat

Напротив

winning streak

Синонимы

dryness

dry weather

drouth

famine

aridity

thirst

dry

scarcity

dry spell

aridness

dearth

xerotes

shortage

water shortage

dry season

drought disaster

crop failure

dry damage

rain-shortage

rainlessness

want of rain

want of water

year of drought

dehydration

lack of rainfall

heat

Переводы

sécheresse

sequía

siccità

Dürre

seca

ξηρασία

Trockenheit

droogte

disette

sequera

kuraklık

جفاف

sècheresse

famine

Произносится как (IPA)

/dɹaʊt/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: droghte

Унаследовано от староанглийский: drūgaþ

Родственно нидерландский: droogte

Родственно нижненемецкий: Dröögde

In summary

From Middle English droghte, drouȝte, druhhþe, druȝþe, drouȝth, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix).