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parched

/pahrcht/US // pɑrtʃt //

干巴巴的,干渴,枯燥的,干渴的

Related Words

withered凋零,凋谢,枯萎,枯萎的thirsty口渴的,口渴,渴了,口渴了arid旱地,旱灾,旱区,旱季scorched烧焦了,烧焦的,被烧焦的,烧焦burned烧毁的,被烧毁的,烧伤的,被烧伤的dehydrated脱水,脱水的,脱水型,无水shriveled干瘪的,萎缩的,干瘪,萎缩dried out干瘪的,干涸的,干瘪,干枯的dried up枯竭了,枯竭了的,枯竭,枯竭的dry as dust干枯如尘,干燥如尘,干枯如尘埃,干瘪如尘waterless无水,无水的,无水化,不含水

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : extremely or completely dried, as by heat, sun, or wind: Dry shrubs cover parts of this parched valley in the South Hebron Hills.
    • : very thirsty: After each shift in the ship’s engine room, I was dead tired and totally parched, needing large amounts of water.
    • : slightly toasted or roasted: The village folk customarily have one meal a day of parched grains, so there is always a crowd around the old widow’s oven.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.dry
Synonyms
arid旱地,旱灾,旱区,旱季scorched烧焦了,烧焦的,被烧焦的,烧焦thirsty口渴的,口渴,渴了,口渴了withered凋零,凋谢,枯萎,枯萎的burned烧毁的,被烧毁的,烧伤的,被烧伤的dehydrated脱水,脱水的,脱水型,无水shriveled干瘪的,萎缩的,干瘪,萎缩cotton-mouthdried out干瘪的,干涸的,干瘪,干枯的dried up枯竭了,枯竭了的,枯竭,枯竭的dry as dust干枯如尘,干燥如尘,干枯如尘埃,干瘪如尘waterless无水,无水的,无水化,不含水

Examples

  • Already parched vegetation — by many measures at peak-season dryness and breaking records for June — is going to be even more flammable both during and after this heat wave.

  • As the snow melted, runoff was soaked up by parched soils, which are still dry from last year’s monsoon-free summer and fire-filled fall.

  • Hot weather can lead to parched soil and more dry natural material that can fuel flames.

  • A sophomore at Clovis North High School in Fresno, he wanted to help farmers save their plants from getting dangerously parched.

  • If you do go off-trail, travel only on rock and soft sand surfaces to avoid damaging the plentiful cryptobiotic soil, a living crust that helps tiny desert plants stay rooted and retains moisture in the parched ground.

  • Shrubs and small trees dot a parched landscape along the road from Turbat to the border.

  • Environmentalists today generally prefer to limit roads and block new water projects, even in parched California.

  • This is epic, and historic, and man am I parched/hungry all of a sudden.

  • When it gets parched in Los Angeles the weather service issues a “red-flag” warning to indicate that the risk of fire is high.

  • He leant against the wall of his refuge, notwithstanding this boast, and licked the ice to moisten his parched lips.

  • The dust in the curtains, if you will pardon me for hinting such a thing, has parched my throat to a crisp.

  • His arms were growing heavy with fatigue, his mouth was parched, and great beads of perspiration stood upon his brow.

  • He laid himself down again, and she reached him the gruel, which proved a great relief to his parched and fevered throat.

  • The coffee was made of either parched rye or corn-meal, or of sweet potatoes cut in small cubes and roasted.

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