The name Sahara conjures up images of a desert of aridity. 撒哈拉"这个名字使人想起干旱的沙漠情景。
I can't imagine the aridity and humdrum of people's lives. 难以想象的生活之干涩和寂寥。
In many regions, greater aridity, shifting rainfall patterns and dwindling runoff from snow and ice in mountains may badly deplete rivers, lakes and aquifers. 在很多地方,随著乾旱的恶化、雨周期的改变、及高山溶雪的减少,河川、泊、及含水土层的蓄水量可能会因此减少。
aridity
[ noun ]
the quality of yielding nothing of value
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a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
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Aridity \A*rid"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Aridities}. [L. ariditas, fr. aridus.] 1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.
2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. --Norris.