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drouthy

/drou-thee/US // ˈdraʊ ði //UK // (ˈdrʊθɪ) //

旱灾,干旱的,旱地,干旱

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    drouth·i·er, drouth·i·est.

    • : droughty.

Examples

  • On p. 102, "droughty" should possibly be "drouthy" but has not been amended.

  • Kind gentlemen, reading always makes me drouthy;—may-be, one of ye will mix a tumbler for me?

  • It lay thus scandalously neglected until 1824, when John Shanks, a “drouthy” cobbler, was appointed keeper.

  • Some of our friends must be burning for a mouthful, poor dears; the wounded flesh is drouthy.

  • “Two, for that matter,” promptly responds Striker, like all his sort—drouthy.