dearth
英 [d??θ]
美
- n. 缺乏；饑饉；糧食不足
- n. (Dearth)人名；(英)迪爾思
助記提示
【記法】分解為：d（凍）＋earth（土地）
【聯想】土地結凍了就長不出莊稼，鬧饑荒是自然的了
【記憶2】諧音：得死。==》因為饑荒，很多人都得餓死。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- dearth (n.)
- mid-13c., derthe "scarcity" (originally used of famines, when food was costly because scarce; extended to other situations of scarcity from early 14c.), abstract noun formed from root of Old English deore "precious, costly" (see dear) + abstract noun suffix -th (2). Common Germanic formation, though not always with the same sense (cognates: Old Saxon diurtha "splendor, glory, love," Middle Dutch dierte, Dutch duurte, Old High German tiurida "glory").
雙語例句
- 1. There was a dearth of reliable information on the subject.
- 關于這個課題缺乏可靠資料。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. There is a dearth of good children's plays.
- 目前缺少優秀的兒童劇.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. In our dearth of ack - ack guns all sorts of contrivances were used.
- 在缺少高射炮的時候,我們利用了各種各樣的巧妙方法.
來自辭典例句
- 4. We strolled along streets that the dearth of motor traffic made appear both old - fashioned and serene.
- 我們順著街道遛跶,由于車輛稀少,市里顯得陳舊而寧靜.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The dearth of money now must put reform and centre.
- 財力匱乏,現在必須做出重大改革.
來自互聯網