drought

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɹaʊt/

Noun

countable uncountable broadly informal archaic

A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell. / (by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.

Japanese Meaning

干ばつ：通常の乾季よりも長く、雨が著しく少なくなる現象。 / 比喩的意味：成果が出ない、または成功が続かない期間（特にスポーツなどで）

What is this buttons?

The prolonged drought forced farmers to dig deeper wells and change their crops.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

長引く干ばつのため、農家は井戸を深く掘り作物を変えざるを得ませんでした。

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Sense（1）

A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.

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Sense（2）

(by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.

Kane had been going through something of a drought by his own standards. His previous England goal came 500 days ago, in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo, and his header in Tirana ended a run of 496 minutes without scoring.

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