drought
/dɹaʊt/ nom B2En français : sécheresse
- A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell. · His village had faced a drought twice.
- A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport. · Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh.
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Dans la bibliothèque
Besides, the monkeys lived there as much as they could be said to live anywhere, and no self-respecting animal would come within eyeshot of it except in times of drought, when the half-ruined tanks and reservoirs held a little water.
I then worked the lawn very carefully for signs and traces, but this drought has made everything as hard as iron.
“Oh, water is even more scarce than wine, your excellency,—there has been such a drought.”
A severe drought had left the region's reservoirs dangerously low.
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