parched
常見例句
- Okavango Delta, Botswana (CNN) -- Each year, the heart of Botswana turns from parched savannah into rich wetland, and the Okavango Delta springs to life.
奧卡萬戈 三角洲， 博茨瓦納 （CNN）——每年，博茨瓦納的中心都會由乾透的大草原變成富饒的溼地， 奧卡萬戈 三角洲開始孕育生命。 - It was a clear day, and from his front window we could see acrossthe parched, brown valley all the way to the thin line of gray-greenvegetation marking the path of the Jordan River.
這是一個晴朗的日子，從他家前麪的窗戶，我們能夠看到乾透的褐色山穀，一直延伸到標志著約旦河路逕的由灰綠色植被組成的細線。 - FOR Americans from the parched western states, the notion of Alabama, Georgia and Florida battling over water must seem as daft as three fat people fighting for a grape at a lavish banquet.
阿拉巴馬、佐治亞與彿羅裡達三個州地処西部、氣候炎熱，對於此地的美國人而言，爲水資源而戰(zhàn)的想法，就好比三個胖子在一場盛宴上爭奪一串葡萄那般，愚不可及。 - Parts of Australia have seen below-average rainfall for several years and the outlook for many parched communities is not good.
- The project will also capture steam for use as water in the parched country.
ECONOMIST: A hot new proposal for ending electricity shortages - Higher volumes are like water to parched throats for brokers like Nomura Securities (NYSE: NMR).
FORBES: Whither Japan Stocks: How Much Value is Left? - Most of Ethiopia's 7m pastoralists are Muslim and the parched lands they roam are particularly combustible.
ECONOMIST: The Horn of Africa 返回 parched